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

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1 I saw the engine powerfully at work , its wires running to a monstrous figure , about which the scientist flitted in nervous excitement , Presently the figure sat up in its bandages .
2 I saw the excitement there .
3 I saw the King once more .
4 ‘ You 're not identical twins , ’ said Mrs Maybury , getting to her feet , ‘ but I saw the resemblance straight away .
5 I saw the goal again on the box this morning , and it seems that Brian Deane was pushed into a marginally offside position .
6 And when I saw the landlady there she said that she did have a Mr there but he 'd left a few days ago , did n't know where he 'd got to .
7 Thirty-five years later I saw the film again in New York .
8 I saw the film alone ,
9 " I saw the headmistress today .
10 I saw the spot where you lay hidden .
11 I saw the hospital where Pat works which is beautifully made , and met some of her workmates from different countries .
12 I saw the light there and assumed that he was working . ’
13 I saw the lizard again , darting from her matted hair to hide in a broken fruitbowl .
14 Lazio doctor Claudio Bartolini , who was scared when Gazza was first injured , said yesterday : ‘ When I saw the accident again on TV I was very worried , but this morning I looked at it and now we are both very happy .
15 I had n't come to this place with the conscious intention of divesting myself of my now cumbersome virginity ; but from the moment I saw the actor again — certainly from the moment his arms went round me and I felt the sense of fond familiarity , of affection rediscovered — I knew it was inevitable that we should , sooner or later , make love .
16 There I saw the monster again , swarming up the cruel face .
17 But if I was a referee now unless I saw the forward actually trying to stay on his feet I would view all of those fouls very suspiciously .
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