Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] saw the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs James then told the court how she and Mr Loxton had been transported by the police to Nottingham some time later , where she saw the same man in a street there . |
| 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 | The ‘ Let ’ rule has stood since 1880 without too much fuss and I think I might get annoyed if I saw the fifth set in a Wimbledon final decided by a serve which simply hit the net and ‘ died ’ on the receiver 's side . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | that is , until they saw the old man 's face , |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As the sun was rising the next morning , Gabriel waited outside his hut until he saw the young woman riding up the hill . |
| 13 | The place was pretty full , and he hesitated until he saw the empty bench at my table . |
| 14 | Please believe that , at least , ’ she finished brokenly , not caring now if he saw the naked pleading in her eyes . |
| 15 | The offworlder 's eyes were troubled , as if he saw the whole past of his kind moving before him . |
| 16 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He flailed for balance with his sabre arm , then screamed because he saw the heavy sword coming at his throat . |
| 20 | Suddenly , the track fell away sharply , in front of her feet , and she felt before she saw the expanded horizon . |
| 21 | A micro-second after he saw the first flash , the bullet which had come from it was embedding itself in his skull . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | One survivor says : ‘ When I saw the first bomb fall , I knew that it was going to be a bad day for America ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 26 | I was just going to the exit door when I saw the young girl s standing at the second bedroom , crying . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | When I saw the next auberge coming up , I drew in to the side of the road , put on my raincoat , and walked along to it . |
| 30 | When I saw the red dress , I knew that was the one I wanted . |