Example sentences of "saw [art] [adj] figure " in BNC.
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| 1 | She saw the chunky figure of a child in vest and knickers , neck red from scrubbing , eyes red from weeping . |
| 2 | Several times she thought she saw the tall figure of the guide , only to be disappointed . |
| 3 | Wycliffe glanced back at the house and again saw the seated figure in the upstairs room , but now he had the impression that the figure was facing him , looking out of the side window . |
| 4 | From the earth bank outside she looked north ; soon she saw the bulkily-furred figures of Morthen and three of the hunters ; they followed the edge of the wood , round to the south , and were soon lost to sight . |
| 5 | ‘ I saw the official figures released last week by the Ministry of Information . |
| 6 | I saw the outlandish figure shuffling into the dock . |
| 7 | Then I saw the spare figure of Captain Robins walking towards me , bag in hand : even on land after such a short voyage he had the kind of rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea . |
| 8 | Matilda and Lavender glanced round and saw the gigantic figure of Miss Trunchbull advancing through the crowd of boys and girls with menacing strides . |
| 9 | When it saw the three figures it stopped , then , perhaps with memories of puppy-walkers , still with a broken leather couple round its neck , it approached the man whimpering softly , its tail waving . |
| 10 | This was the very thought in her head as she turned the corner of the corridor and back into the waiting room and saw the weeping figure of a woman hunched over and hugging herself with grief . |
| 11 | That was when he saw the thin figure jogging towards him in the gloom , and heard the roar of engines come up fast behind him . |
| 12 | She saw the upright figure stiffen suddenly , and the hands clench together in her lap . |
| 13 | But those gloomy musings ended abruptly when the skim dropped me near the pod was berthed — and when I saw the shadowy figures around it . |
| 14 | As Wycliffe left the house he looked back and saw the gaunt figure still at the window . |
| 15 | Fanshawe was giving a kind of war whoop as , through the grey fumes , I saw the unmistakable figure of Quigley . |
| 16 | Thinking fatigue had got the better of his tired mind , Jack Hayden did not worry unduly until the following Monday morning when a porter who had been working on the station Platform came to the mess room and saw a strange figure looking at Mr Hayden . |
| 17 | Letty knocked and glancing up Emily saw a slight figure with a mass of dark hair following the maid into the room . |
| 18 | He turned and saw a lithe figure in a track suit pounding the pavement towards him . |
| 19 | Trent saw a dark figure grab the jib foot , forcing the sail hard back into the breeze . |
| 20 | All in all it was with a feeling of indescribable joy that on the sixth day I saw a familiar figure coming towards me among the prompt arrivals . |
| 21 | One day in the early autumn of my lower-sixth-form year , when the damp leaves were already furring the grassy median strips that cleaved the dual carriageways surrounding Varndean Grammar , I saw a familiar figure from where I sat reading in the school library . |
| 22 | Suddenly he saw a white figure slowly crossing the main line towards Brooke End signal box . |
| 23 | Security at Tern Hill barracks , near Market Drayton , Shropshire , was increased after two guards saw a suspicious figure in woods near the perimeter fence . |
| 24 | He had almost given up hope of meeting Liza on the beach and was considering whether he would , after all , call at Four Winds , despite Eleanor 's warnings , when , to his incredulous delight , on the fifth day of his visit , he saw a different figure scrambling down the cliff followed by a little girl . |
| 25 | Again the lightning lit the sky , and I saw a huge figure standing in the rain . |
| 26 | I saw a huge figure standing in the rain . |
| 27 | He looked both ways , but saw no running figure . |
| 28 | As I entered , I saw an unmistakable figure in front of me — Dana . |