Example sentences of "saw the [adj] shape " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw the awful shape that was coming towards us out of the fog , my blood turned cold . |
| 2 | At first she only saw the dark shape of the forest beside the road , then as her eyes adjusted to a faint lifting of the gloom a narrow laneway appeared between the trees . |
| 3 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 4 | At the same moment , the moon appeared briefly from behind its cover of cloud and Isabel saw the indistinct shape of a horse . |
| 5 | I opened my eyes under water and saw the ghost-like shape of Harvey against the darkness all around . |
| 6 | Lightning whip-cracked across the reception windows again — and in the brief instant that the windows were illuminated by the flash , they all saw the monstrous shape beyond . |
| 7 | In his nightmares he had visions of the dead as skeletons and saw the disfigured shape of Mr Townsley at his desk . |