Example sentences of "but [pron] saw [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A house like this should have a name , ’ she said , ‘ but I saw no inscription at the front . ’ |
| 2 | The movement seems to have substantial sums of money , but I saw no sign of material support . |
| 3 | But I saw no sign of it . |
| 4 | ‘ No , but I saw a sketch of her . ’ |
| 5 | But I saw a doctor there , a Doctor , |
| 6 | Nothing could be heard above the noise of the engine , but I saw a lark spring skywards out of the heather , and another , a few minutes later , sink to its rest . |
| 7 | Something about some development plan , then she says , ah , she did n't like how the houses were laid out because one was behind the other , but I saw the plan last time and , and , and it did n't look quite bad . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're not identical twins , ’ said Mrs Maybury , getting to her feet , ‘ but I saw the resemblance straight away . |
| 9 | He was really going to buy cigars at the shop next door , but I saw the sugar mice in the window and he could n't get me away until he came in and bought some . |
| 10 | ‘ It is kind in you to make such a pretence , but I saw the compassion in your face , and I am grateful for it . |
| 11 | I had heard my mother 's friends sometimes whispering ruefully of The Change , but I saw the loss of innocence as the greatest and the worst change . |
| 12 | But I saw the sheen of her lipstick as she drowned in stinking slurry . |
| 13 | But you saw the danger when the figure was one-tenth of that . |
| 14 | " But you saw the strain on his features ? " |
| 15 | When Psyche lighted the lamp , she expected to see a beast , but she saw a god . |
| 16 | But she saw a twinkle in his eyes , and her lips twitched . |
| 17 | According to her foster brother , another clue had been that she had so blatantly considered Vitor to be ‘ a real cool dude ’ , but she saw no reason to reveal that . |
| 18 | But she saw no people . |
| 19 | Occasionally Tallis , masked in the Silvering , scanned the waters , but she saw no fish . |
| 20 | His face above hers was also shadow , but she saw the savagery of it , to match her own . |
| 21 | Kate had been reluctant to agree , but she saw the sense of it . |
| 22 | It sounded nonsense to Jinny , but she saw the boy 's face go pale . |
| 23 | She could not see much of the room because of how he filled most of the doorway , but she saw the glow of the fire and a glimpse of a baize-covered table on which were papers . |
| 24 | They were standing in deep shadow but she saw the gleam of his teeth . |
| 25 | He made no reply , but she saw the glint of amusement in his eyes and turned away , her lips tightening in annoyance . |
| 26 | But we saw no reasons to suppose this to be the only , nor necessarily the best form of foundationalism . |
| 27 | There is nothing ins intrinsically long with the concept of Percent for Art , but we saw an opportunity to extend that concept to make sure that the real need of real people in real communities were properly reflected in any scheme . |
| 28 | But they saw no people … only rain , and waves , and a broken ship in the wild angry sea . |
| 29 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 30 | He began to rake the shadows , furious he could not set a light ; his eyes were keener underwater than in this dark , all shapes around him were phantoms edged in blue in the starlight , but he saw no bundle among the sleeping men that could be Sycorax , no body that was Ariel 's . |