Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun] [pron] saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Venturi , an important development in art criticism came in the eighteenth century which saw the foundation of aesthetics and the rise of philosophies for which art was an indispensable ingredient . |
| 2 | Whitlock swung the Golf Corbio on to the sliproad , past the hoarding , and as he reached the crest of the first rise he saw the plant laid out before him , hemmed in behind ten-feet-high fencing crowned with layers of barbed wire , all of which he later discovered could be electrified at the flick of a switch . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , Bob Smith kept edging her towards Malta and at first light they saw the island over the long swells following the storm . |
| 4 | He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand . |
| 5 | The track took a right hand curve and for the first time he saw the bridge standing high above the track . |
| 6 | Last night we saw the cast and crew move in to start setting up Tonight Mike Rowbottom sees what it takes to keep things going , in Behind The Curtain . |
| 7 | ‘ The last time I saw the lady , she was almost unconscious . ’ |
| 8 | Now erm the , wh if we go into your , the , the health , your health situation how er when was the last time you saw the doctor ? |
| 9 | How , you know the last time you saw the doctor , how long did he say you 'd got before it completely |