Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he saw the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Hesletine ) , the present Secretary of State for the Environment , laid out how he saw the development of local government .
2 But this week I went along to ‘ the other Headingley ’ where he plies his trade week-in , week-out to talk to him about his hopes and ambitions and how he saw the season panning out for his big-spending club .
3 ‘ I know what you 're thinking , ’ Minton teased Tindle when he saw the painting in the studio at Hamilton Terrace , ‘ but it 's too late to change the floorboards now . ’
4 He hesitated for a moment when he saw the girl sitting on one of the large black leather sofas that were ranged along one wall .
5 For St Francis there were a number of decisive moments , such as when he saw the leper .
6 He said that he got back by one , but the old baker claims that it was after two when he saw the van in Prospect Terrace .
7 He was layering a hedge in one of his top fields when he saw the party riding along the road towards the forest .
8 He became aware of someone behind him and was reaching for his Browning when he saw the uniform .
9 Ruskin Spear when he saw The Death of Nelson remarked that Minton had painted the deck like an upright fence .
10 Then a reminder of the tragedy came during World War I when a Polish soldier was walking over the bridge one starlit night when he saw the wraith of a man dancing on the parapet .
11 He worked out where The Bar was on his maps , and then checked this perspective against the actual view — from where he saw the city it looked like The Bar was right in the middle of it , not hidden away at all like it was on the map .
12 Mr Farrell , of Ross-on-Wye , Hereford and Worcester , showed them where he saw the car parked and pointed out a skid mark on the hard shoulder .
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