Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] saw the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 2 | Not that hooligan we saw the other day the one messing about in the dodgems . ’ |
| 3 | In Makassar harbour they saw the great black-sailed trading schooners of the piratical Bugis tribe , with whom , just 120 years previously , the remarkable naturalist-explorer Alfred Russel Wallace had sailed on his historic odyssey through the Spice Islands to become the first Westerner ever to see alive the Greater Bird of Paradise . |
| 4 | Cutting across country in the morning light he saw the Japanese transports moored peacefully in Dili harbour . |
| 5 | When he plugged in — Sonic The Hedgehog I saw the fantastic graphics and nearly fainted . |
| 6 | In the morning providentially we set off for the frontier , and there to my great delight I saw the familiar face of Mr Derrick Robinson , Rhodesia 's Assistant Commissioner of Police , standing beside a BMW motor car which was to convey me to Salisbury . |
| 7 | Considering he was joining an honour roll that included his big brother John , it was somehow fitting that Patrick played the leading role in the two-hour 48-minute finale to the grand prix circuit which saw the younger McEnroe and Jim Grabb dismiss the more experienced Anders Jarryd and John Fitzgerald 7-5 , 7-6 , 5-7 , 6-3 . |
| 8 | As the Dwarfs from Karaz a Karak marched south they saw the rising plumes of smoke in front of them . |
| 9 | Through the carved window he saw the wet branches of the evergreens , darker on the dark . |
| 10 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 11 | Those who defended the idea were supporters of the evolutionary hypothesis who saw the linear arrangement as the ladder by which life had ascended to the highest form , humankind . |
| 12 | Away to the right I saw the flat gleam of the loch . |
| 13 | Out of the corner of my eye I saw the young man join Pavic 's queue . |
| 14 | In the pairs Ronnie Oliver and Ian McClure had a 21-14 win over Emmet Downey and Gary Rutledge in a match which saw the brilliant McClure on the top of his form . |
| 15 | At one extreme , within the committee of officials charged with reshaping the national educational system , was the isolated Cleary who saw the common school at the age of eleven gradually extending itself across the whole of the secondary age range . |
| 16 | After the interval we saw The Two Pigeons with Sandra Madgwick , Michael O'Hare , Anita Landa , and Chenca Williams in the leading roles . |
| 17 | Both David Whitaker and Verity Lambert had been captivated by Terry Nation 's Dalek story right from the moment they saw the first ‘ treatment ’ ( story idea ) . |
| 18 | There was no sign of them in the next field , but ahead of him at the top of the hill he saw the young dog , looking black against the morning sky . |
| 19 | Enlightenment was urged on me the day I saw the old Jew float to the surface of the deep latrine , how he splashed and struggled into life , and was hoisted out by the jubilant guards , his clothes cleansed by the mire . |
| 20 | ‘ In the fort I saw the finest set of buildings in the world — but no one was caring for them . |
| 21 | ‘ I could hear their croaking and their arguments and they came ever nearer until suddenly out of the mist I saw the grey shadow of a wing and wet spike of a beak . |
| 22 | It was a day which saw the political demise of UDP man Ken Kerr and a poor showing for the Ulster Unionist party on the Waterside , where only group leader John Adams was re-elected , despite fielding four men . |
| 23 | On a day which saw the All-Ireland side go down to England 16-2 , Curran made a strong start in her under 18 confrontation with Kate Warne-Holland . |
| 24 | As she went round to the boot she saw the furtive movement in one of Mrs Aldiss 's bedroom windows . |
| 25 | When she turned her head she saw the calm face of a man , a gentle man , a debonair man , a wandering but caring man . |
| 26 | That was the day she saw the first crocuses around the roots of the tree . |
| 27 | ‘ The day we saw the outstanding location of Crystal Springs House was the day I decided to develop my first hotel . |
| 28 | On the whole they saw the British as allies from the point of view of protection , as insurance against massacre , and as offering opportunities for advancement . |
| 29 | In the far distance he saw the shadowed mouth of a large culvert angling towards them . |
| 30 | In his head he saw the hung sheets dotted with coal-smuts torn from their pegs and ripped into bandages as they sailed above the foxgloves . |