Example sentences of "[subord] they saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once they saw the set up they thought it was wonderful , ’ he said . |
| 2 | If they saw the state of you , you 're going to get pay day . |
| 3 | I never sold a garment or got an order from this source , I wonder if they saw the light of day . |
| 4 | Tomorrow they 'll try and put up a sign to ask anyone who was passing if they saw the accident , yeah ? |
| 5 | It sounded well enough until they saw the size of the rations . |
| 6 | But although delegates opposed the Home Secretary 's proposals , they decided to put the motion on ice until they saw the strength of his final document on the matter , said Chris Burgess , secretary of the Suffolk Police Federation . |
| 7 | Because they saw the Pope as the Antichrist of the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholics as apostates , they fiercely attacked all Church of England rites and ceremonies which followed those of Rome , including its set prayers , its administration of the Sacraments , the use of altars instead of tables , its celebrations of saints ' days , its music and its vestments . |
| 8 | Because they saw the world as composed of groups rather than of individuals , they found it easy to articulate rules of general application , to which exceptions required specific dispensation . |
| 9 | Er right welcome back B B C Radio York Whaley 's on until er two this afternoon and before we do anything else er a little bit I saw in the paper , Unions about turn , that 's the shop workers ' union known as USDOR erm have done an about turn and they now say because they saw the writing on the wall , that they think Sunday trading is okay , well more or less . |
| 10 | Because they saw the search coming their way . |
| 11 | Thus high values of B seem to be associated with unusual situations and drivers going relatively slowly ( i.e. in these cases subjects are more likely to say ‘ No ’ than ‘ Yes ’ when they are in fact unsure whether they saw the film previously ) . |
| 12 | After they saw the pig — a pot-bellied Vietnamese — on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law by the way she looks after it at home . |
| 13 | After they saw the pig on Central News South last night — Environmental Health officers warned the pig 's owner that she 's breaking the law . |
| 14 | And I have to say that cos Mr ca n't answer that , that is how the western community of Harrogate felt when they saw the way that this public consultation document was led . |
| 15 | When they saw the mission folk were as sincere in their beliefs they were happy to accept and join in . |
| 16 | Greenkeeper Paul Holmes and park warden Raymond Davies said they were ‘ horrified ’ when they saw the damage yesterday morning . |
| 17 | And when they saw the rash then they were , but , but tt oh , I see , she says . |
| 18 | They were all crossing together when they saw the skid , the boy on the motorbike , out of control and ploughing towards the sedate black Morris Minor . |
| 19 | Sometimes the German fighters followed the bombers back to their bases , and then when they saw the flare path light up for a few brief moments to guide the homecoming aircraft down , they would open up with their guns . |
| 20 | We spent a day ashore on Barentsøya where the Dutch party went off inland on their own and met up with a polar bear with two cubs , which ran off when they saw the party . |
| 21 | They would start to jeer at the company , but stopped when they saw the Hearthware sashes and the Myrcan staves and whispered amongst themselves . |
| 22 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 23 | They had spilled halfway across the road , and although most of them shuffled quickly aside when they saw the car approaching , four boys gathered themselves quickly into a group and remained standing defiantly in its path . |
| 24 | Seb protested that it was no work for a girl , realising that the horses might panic when they saw the manor burning , but Carrie said , ‘ I know the stalls even better than you . |
| 25 | They laughed when they saw the tea , and demonstrated in dumb show how it should really be made . |
| 26 | Did anyone out there , when they saw the movie , realize that they were smoking for real ? |
| 27 | There were more trucks around it , and also several humans that started to run when they saw the shadow of the Ship . |
| 28 | And when they saw the star , they rejoiced with exceeding great joy . |
| 29 | As the prophetic people flocked around Jesus , and as they saw the transformation in the lives of his disciples and heard the words of life and hope , they longed for a rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea or a reformation of the Pharisaical law . |
| 30 | They took ship as soon as they saw the way things were going in 1934 . |