Example sentences of "[noun prp] saw [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durkheim saw the social order , and the moral obligations it placed on individuals , as a barrier to the realisation of their basic and instinctive drives . |
| 2 | Looking down , horrified , Penny saw a tall man who she guessed was Farmer Bolsover standing at the foot of the tree , with a black-and-white sheepdog by his side . |
| 3 | I supposed , since to him Neil was only ‘ John Parsons ’ , it did not matter either way , and if Ewen saw the little pile of debris — tins and used paper plates and my thermos — that I had left outside the tent , it would surely go to persuade him that Neil was safely ensconced on the island . |
| 4 | Friday saw the latest addition to Darlington 's throbbing night life packed to the rafters . |
| 5 | In this movement , Hegel saw the very rhythm of reality itself , both as a whole and in every part , and also the dynamics of knowledge and understanding by which the initial gulf between subject and object is bridged in genuine synthesis , the act of cognition . |
| 6 | Saturday saw the annual Sports Day : no records were broken , except perhaps in the case of the rainfall . |
| 7 | During his youth , Barbarossa saw a rapid increase in the number of monasteries , considerable development of learning , scientific and intellectual skills , and the beginning of cathedral schools , which were soon to blossom into universities . |
| 8 | Bernice saw a little creature run in front of them . |
| 9 | Ballantyne Cashmere saw a satisfactory increase in sales , in both the cashmere and clothing sectors . |
| 10 | Diane 's shadow fell across it , and-as she moved forward Reynolds saw a dull gleam of stainless steel . |
| 11 | He said nothing but Maggie saw the black brows rise in mockery and she reassessed her conclusions . |
| 12 | Tallis saw a gaping split in the cliff wall , and the small fire that burned deep inside , illuminating the cluster of wooden statuettes , some standing , some dangling from twine , at the entrance to the cave . |
| 13 | The adoption of street marches , sit-downs , passive resistance and songs like ‘ We shall not be moved ’ and ‘ We shall overcome ’ are evidence that the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland saw a close parallel between its activities and the struggle of Blacks in the Deep South . |
| 14 | Exeter saw a strong movement , but in Cornwall , then part of that see , it was practically non-existent . |
| 15 | The great Florenz Ziegfeld saw the forty-eight Girls in the Folies-Bergère in Paris and took them under contract for a six month spell into his own Follies which he extended to three years . |
| 16 | Then Sharpe saw the far crops being trampled flat and he knew that each patch of collapsing rye betrayed the advance of a French column . |
| 17 | The huge mountain at the far , Pakistani end of the Himalaya saw the tragic massacre of Willy Merkl 's German team in 1936 and eventually a solo first ascent by the legendary Hermann Buhl in 1953 . |
| 18 | Shapes wreathed out of the mist , coming from the dunes ; Ruth saw a green trail of cloaks , light striking from silver helmets , and a cold transfixing stare . |
| 19 | Looking through the rubble , Ruth saw the whole Castle was alive with the sparks of spears . |
| 20 | The post-Revolution wars placed a terrible burden on the Scottish economy , exacerbated by the fact that the 1690s in Scotland saw a major crisis of subsistence . |
| 21 | Some socialists but not on the whole the Fabians saw the continued decentralization of government to the municipalities as a desirable feature of future socialist society , providing a permanent check upon the growth or abuse of central authority . |
| 22 | The elections in the Ukraine saw the nationalist organization Rukh ( " The People 's Movement " ) take control of the city soviet in the capital , Kiev . |
| 23 | Sunday 17 May saw the final slewing of the track and train operated point installation for the new Welshpool Station . |
| 24 | Yet Rachaela saw the brief daylight ebb with a slight amusement , waiting for Ruth to appear punctually , as if just coming home from school . |
| 25 | Rachaela saw the old face close again like a crab upon its story . |
| 26 | July saw the early retirement on health grounds of Hugh Durham , formerly Senior Messenger . |
| 27 | Despite the brisk sales reported in the last few days before Christmas , December saw a small decline in retail trade compared with the previous year , according to the Confederation of British Industry 's distributive trades panel , said on Tuesday that many retailers had reported a disappointing Christmas , although the results were an improvement on recent months and sales in January were expected to be up on a year ago . |
| 28 | ‘ The landlord at The Bull in Godstowe saw a young man and woman as well as a well-dressed stranger . |
| 29 | Léonie saw a dropped pear rotting in the grass , bruised amber , its creamy flesh exposed , its grainy core . |
| 30 | Killion saw the three men come in , and turned his back on them . |