Example sentences of "[subord] they saw the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they saw the state of you , you 're going to get pay day . |
| 2 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 3 | It sounded well enough until they saw the size of the rations . |
| 4 | But although delegates opposed the Home Secretary 's proposals , they decided to put the motion on ice until they saw the strength of his final document on the matter , said Chris Burgess , secretary of the Suffolk Police Federation . |
| 5 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 6 | There were more trucks around it , and also several humans that started to run when they saw the shadow of the Ship . |