Example sentences of "[adv] saw the [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was thinking about pigs and children when she suddenly saw the Cheshire Cat in a tree . |
| 2 | We only saw the adult shearwaters at sea and they looked a bit like a small Manx shearwater , but with a brownish tinge to the upper parts . |
| 3 | The formation of the Film Society in 1925 , which aimed to make British filmmakers aware of the creative possibilities of the medium by screening the most artistically adventurous films being made in Russia , Germany and elsewhere , had caused some confusion in the commercial film industry , which rightly saw the Film Society 's platform as a blast against the prevailing aesthetic orthodoxies . |
| 4 | We hardly saw the Crowninshield twins . |
| 5 | ‘ I later saw the screen test , ’ commented Dustin . |
| 6 | He was in all the dailies , and you probably saw the TV coverage . |
| 7 | Lucy also saw the plan Doreen had in mind , but she doubted that it had much to do with married couples in search of outdoor adventure . |
| 8 | The year also saw the telegraph wires , which straddled the 3rd and 11th being put underground , thus removing a hazard which penalised the local ‘ phone subscribers more than the golfers for it , if the wires were hit dynamically , their ‘ phones were cut off ! |
| 9 | Maggie did see , and she also saw the way Candace clung to Felipe 's arm , laughing and talking as if her husband did not exist . |
| 10 | He also saw the Bedale office downgraded to a sub-office , the head office for the district concentrated at Darlington and most of the staff records kept at Middlesbrough . |
| 11 | Share prices began to rise steeply in 1927 as people with money to spare increasingly saw the stock market as a gambling casino rather than as a business centre . |
| 12 | Out of the corner of his eye Amiss saw the Smoking Room door open . |
| 13 | It was the perfect response from Mike Walker 's side after Saturday 's 3-0 defeat at Wimbledon which once again saw the East Anglians being written off in the title stakes . |
| 14 | When we actually saw the approach lights we were 450 feet above the threshold , and I was getting ready to go around . |
| 15 | ‘ And you never saw the Crocus List ? ’ |
| 16 | I never saw the mail robber , though Tom played with his children — and caught nits from them , to Nonni 's horror — and I got to know his sister , Elsie : a thin woman with stiff , blonde hair who was never without a cigarette stuck to the corner of her mouth . |