Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] saw the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But that 's not where we saw the red squirrel .
2 The first he knew of it was a warning call from high above where he saw the angry silhouette of a golden eagle stooping .
3 Mr Gyles Brandreth , the broadcaster , won in Chester , although he saw the Tory majority cut almost five-fold to 1,101 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 that is , until they saw the old man 's face ,
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill .
11 The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table .
12 Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes .
13 The offworlder 's eyes were troubled , as if he saw the whole past of his kind moving before him .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat .
17 Suddenly , the track fell away sharply , in front of her feet , and she felt before she saw the expanded horizon .
18 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 .
19 I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’
20 When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold .
21 I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying .
22 As a conservator in Europe , involved with the treatment of stone and marble affected by the ravages of twentieth-century pollution , I was delighted when I saw the great marble buildings at Agra seemingly unaffected by such problems .
23 When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional .
24 When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted .
25 And I cursed my weakness , dashing the back of my hand over my traitorous eyes , for I saw the American woman look at me .
26 When you were born as a scarcely distinguishable blob in the smoked ranks of the industrial army of the poor , when privilege was not only out of sight but in the hands of a foreign country , when you saw the daily cost of a necessary daily grind , then to have a ‘ gift ’ was perhaps the only sure way to see an escape .
27 The door was opened by the clergyman 's daughter , who ran off terrified when she saw the fearsome-looking tramp standing docilely on the pavement .
28 She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear .
29 She was wandering down an arcade when she saw the new Tissot boutique .
30 Susan turned white when she saw the bandaged hand , and Breeze had some difficulty in reassuring her .
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