Example sentences of "i see an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | standing terrified by the door , I saw an officer lean forward on his horse and hit a neighbour with his truncheon above the eyes , heard the blow like the thump of wood on a swede turnip . |
| 2 | Now it was whilst I was standing out there on my own — and really feeling very , very , browned-off — that I saw an aeroplane approach the airfield and make a quiet and dignified circuit . |
| 3 | I saw an incidence er down in the , the mine a , a miner himself can tell , by the creak of a tree just where the heavy , heavy weight 's coming on the , on the , the roof . |
| 4 | I saw an example of the results of prayerful fasting when I visited Um Hamed one Ramadan a few years later . |
| 5 | I 'd say — the last time I saw an arse as big as yours , it was in the Grand National |
| 6 | I saw an advertisement for it in the booking hall . |
| 7 | I saw an advertisement in the local paper , answered it , and was accepted . |
| 8 | ‘ I saw an advertisement about a room . ’ |
| 9 | I was glancing through the personal column of the Church Times when I saw an advertisement for ‘ a curate in poor health ’ — those were the very words — to accompany two elderly ladies on an Italian tour , all expenses paid . ’ |
| 10 | Today , I was going to Corfu — I had never really wanted to go there , but one day I saw an advertisement in the newspaper . |
| 11 | You can imagine the eager anticipation I felt when following the death of our much loved 16 year old dog , I saw an advertisement quoting ‘ Basset Hounds For Sale ’ and the contact , which could have been anywhere in the UK , was only a few miles away . |
| 12 | I worked in Norwich for two years and got my City and Guilds in hairdressing , but when I saw an advertisement for a receptionist 's job at a local company ( now ) I jumped at the chance . |
| 13 | Well I s I saw an article in erm the Green Alliance , a fairly shadowy organization , er mentioned in their newsletter . |
| 14 | I saw an accident at home once . ’ |
| 15 | The I saw an advert for the machine I wanted , with the software I wanted , but it cost too much . |
| 16 | Then it , then I saw an advert in the local paper and I thought yeah , I 'll do that , I 'll try and become a policeman . |
| 17 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 18 | Erm tt I think , oh dear , I saw an advert in the paper I think to , to take out a savings plan or something and I just signed up a , a form and back it came . |
| 19 | The singer , who releases a new single Erotica next month , as well as an album and an X-rated book of sexplicit photos of herself , admits : ‘ I saw an analyst for years and years . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I 'd better say that the Steering Committee did n't seem to believe I saw an inspector . |
| 21 | If in battle I see an explosion and my comrade , having lost half a leg , is doubled up in agony , there is no possibility that he is acting or pretending . |
| 22 | I see an aeroplane in the blue sky . |
| 23 | In a copy of Burma Today for March 1945 , which has somehow survived in my papers , I see an editorial which I wrote under the heading ‘ Britain 's Best Ambassador ’ , namely the BOR ( British Other Ranks ) , who had been fighting for over three years to liberate Burma . |
| 24 | And now every time I see an advert , or just anything , I expect things to explode . ’ |