Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] saw [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thursday , 18th : After the day 's programme , I was invited out by , a local participant , to visit another garden of the Moghul era , where we saw a son-et-lumière celebration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Jaipur by the Maharajah Jai Singh . |
| 2 | But that 's not where we saw the red squirrel . |
| 3 | The first he knew of it was a warning call from high above where he saw the angry silhouette of a golden eagle stooping . |
| 4 | Mr Gyles Brandreth , the broadcaster , won in Chester , although he saw the Tory majority cut almost five-fold to 1,101 . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd suddenly start weeping if I saw a pregnant woman . |
| 6 | If I saw an Indian girl being beaten up , I might just watch or walk away . |
| 7 | I parked the van in one of the perimeter car parks and walked through the campus buildings reading the graffiti until I saw the amended sign reading Stundent Onion , and one which had n't been vandalized saying simply Bar . |
| 8 | For example , I recently came across the word ‘ homerun ’ and tried for several seconds to read it as ‘ homer-un ’ , until I saw the correct morpheme structure . |
| 9 | My Jamaican friend , if she saw a coloured girl being beaten , she would run to help her . |
| 10 | I do n't know if you saw a recent programme on BBC TV called ‘ Not Made in Scotland ’ . |
| 11 | You should give them a ring and tell them if you saw a strange man . |
| 12 | ‘ Roger , ’ she said ‘ what would you do if you saw a ferocious tiger walking across the playground ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If you saw a blind man coming along , would n't you feel sorry for him and want to help him ? ’ |
| 14 | And remember , Roger , the thread had been removed , the fuse destroys itself , and people coming in and out of the room , once the bed was on fire , would scarcely think it suspicious even if they saw the odd burn mark on the floor . |
| 15 | that is , until they saw the old man 's face , |
| 16 | A Tory headquarters spokesman denied they disclosed her name to the press , claiming they did not know it until they saw the Independent newspaper on Wednesday . |
| 17 | Where there had been one figure faintly outlined in the frame of the staging there were now two — one large , obviously Jotan , and one much smaller , a child Alexei thought until he saw the muscular build and shortened legs and realised that Jotan had caught a dwarf . |
| 18 | As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill . |
| 19 | The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table . |
| 20 | Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes . |
| 21 | The offworlder 's eyes were troubled , as if he saw the whole past of his kind moving before him . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted it ’ , he concluded the note already quoted , ‘ because I saw no other weapon then to use in the fight against unemployment . ’ |
| 23 | Erm and also because I saw no early prospect of the application coming reports . |
| 24 | It was not till we saw the captive aerostat balloon with its ever watching radar that the Americans had hoisted over Grand Bahama to probe for boats or aircraft smuggling drugs , that the Maggot again spoke , and by then he had recaptured all his old insouciance . |
| 25 | Some Girls accepted marriage offers simply because they saw no other alternative . |
| 26 | He realized that because he saw the new world in the people 's eyes ; and if the populace wanted change , then there could be no return to what had been . |
| 27 | He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat . |
| 28 | The Royal Bank of Scotland said it had pulled out because it saw no continuing need for its participation . |
| 29 | Suddenly , the track fell away sharply , in front of her feet , and she felt before she saw the expanded horizon . |
| 30 | I had no idea whether he saw the tenfold rise in numbers applying as a problem to be addressed and , if so , how he would deal with it . |