Example sentences of "and see a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It 's easy to sit up here for hours , feeling fresh and invigorated and envying the local people their beautiful surroundings , but we were keen to press on and see a Stone Age burial chamber sited just off the path .
2 Finally they rounded a headland and saw a steam yacht , white and magnificent , in the middle of a deep , high-sided gut .
3 The same with Jesus , many people looked at Jesus and saw a village joiner , or saw a wandering preacher , or saw a wonder working doctor , or a political adventurer .
4 And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward .
5 So I went and saw a building contractor , friend of me Dads and er he welcomed me with open arms , he 'd just got a contract for building council houses down Dunson Street at Netherfield .
6 Wildly , I looked around the summer-house and saw a metal garden table and some chairs .
7 I stopped to look round , and saw a figure jump quickly behind a tree .
8 He looked out of the window and saw a Singer Vogue and decided to turn it into furniture .
9 He looked out of the window and saw a Singer Vogue and decided to turn it into furniture .
10 ‘ I opened Keith 's shirt and saw a bullet hole just a little bigger than my middle finger nail .
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