Example sentences of "[noun sg] saw the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held Dot up to the mirror and Dot saw the greyish rivulets where tears had run down her cheeks and been smudged to grey by her hands . |
| 2 | ‘ Very soon after the campaign of unspeakable suffering had commenced , ’ James Butterworth wrote in 1932 , ‘ those who had laboured long in building up a club saw the once-hooligan juniors , who had become stalwart seniors , whipped away as by magic … |
| 3 | John Calambokidis , who runs the non-profit marine-mammal organisation Cascadia Research , based in nearby Olympia , says that 1991 was the year that his team saw the most whales come in to Puget Sound , and stay the longest . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , a close relationship was sustained , each Sunday evening saw the three brothers and their wives and children gathering together at Rachel Cohen 's home in highly convivial mood , Leonard 's grandmother being especially delighted in her firstborn 's firstborn . |
| 5 | Holly saw the blackened uniforms of the guards as they moved amongst the debris of the office that they had retrieved . |
| 6 | Rain saw the guarded looks between Maurin and the Josephs . |
| 7 | Rain saw the spare furnishings as he had described . |
| 8 | A woman saw the two boys holding James by the hands about an hour after they had left the shops . |
| 9 | There was no miracle , although across Western Europe Sunday morning saw the last throws of ‘ the diplomats and the last prayers of the people who believed . |
| 10 | An Irish audience saw the All Blacks for the first time when they trained at Donnybrook on Monday , and the first impression of Mick Quinn , the former international fly-half , was : ‘ The omens are not good . |
| 11 | But of course , the public saw the strident banners hung throughout the galleries . |