Example sentences of "[pers pn] saw the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The testimony of a witness in a case tried at Matara early in the nineteenth century illustrates the lack of plausibility of much court testimony : ‘ I saw the two prisoners drive a head of cattle — It was in the high road — It was about two hours before dark — We asked them where are you going with the animal — Is this not the animal of the schoolmaster . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw the official figures released last week by the Ministry of Information . |
| 3 | My eyes were immediately attracted to the table and my mouth started watering when I saw the home-made cakes and jam tarts laid out on a white lace tablecloth . |
| 4 | ‘ I saw the other riders up beside me and outbraked them . |
| 5 | I did n't realise she was getting married in the church opposite the shop until I saw the life-size versions of the figures appear one morning — including this labrador in a pink dress ! ’ |
| 6 | I saw the great buses navigate |
| 7 | There was a lock of Caroline 's hair to be cut , and plaster casts of her face and hands to be taken : ‘ I saw the great paws of those louts touching her and covering her face with plaster . |
| 8 | I saw the frightened horses on the edge of a steep drop . |
| 9 | Far out to sea to the west I saw the bright lights of the Athens boat . |
| 10 | Now I saw the full implications of the concessions I had made , and how compromised I had become . |
| 11 | I saw the tissue-typing results when Dr Whitfield came round yesterday . |
| 12 | I had half-managed to con a colleague in the Press-box into believing that the Brewongle Stand was named after an old left-arm spinner from Parramatta named Bluey Brewongle when I saw the dark-green uniforms emerging from the pavilion , and the emotions crowded in with a sudden impact . |
| 13 | It was only after I 'd stopped doing that and gone into the corner to have a piss that I looked over into the other corner where there was a pile of rusty cans and old bottles ; there I saw the jagged stripes of the sleeping snake . |
| 14 | The more I looked at different societies , the more I saw the little traps lurking in the small print … |
| 15 | I saw the three goals but was n't very impressed overall . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I saw the massed coils of barbed wire , the tall wooden towers and the muffled sentries that we had passed on the night I arrived . |
| 18 | She saw the first researchers , long-dead now but their essence still lived , frozen in the flow of electrons . |
| 19 | That was the day she saw the first crocuses around the roots of the tree . |
| 20 | She said she saw the two defendants tormenting an elderly woman by prodding her from behind . |
| 21 | She saw the two women lying in their beds . |
| 22 | She looked up eagerly at the sound of footsteps , but then , as she saw the two women , with an almost human expression of disappointment she turned her head away and with a heavy sigh lowered her head to her paws . |
| 23 | In her rear-view mirror she saw the two men hurrying back towards the administration block . |
| 24 | Quite unable to stop herself , she too reached out to stroke the satin-softness of his skin , her eyes darkening as she saw the many bruises that came from trying to control the incredibly fast cars that flew so low and hard round the Grand Prix circuits . |
| 25 | Mr Jarrett said she saw the four defendants go for Mr Johnson , holding knives and stabbing at him uttering threat of drawing blood.It was a fatal single stab wound to the neck that caused his death . |
| 26 | She saw the long sheds , and the wooden posts , shining and smooth where the cows had rubbed against them over the years . |
| 27 | As they rounded another bend she saw the lighted windows of the Swan Inn , relief swept through her . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Then her vision cleared and she saw the familiar objects , the Aga and the gas stove with the nearby working surfaces , the table of polished oak in the middle of the room with its four elegantly crafted chairs , and at the far end Alice 's office with the walls covered with bookshelves and her desk piled with proofs . |
| 30 | She forgot her dream as she saw the blue eyes darken almost to black . |