Example sentences of "they saw [that] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they were walking they had not been able to see it , because there were hills in the way ; but now they saw that the cottage was really built on a cliff , and down below them was a small bay . |
| 2 | There was a final , violent crash of thunder , and in the bright light they saw that the tree had been torn in half by the lightning . |
| 3 | Ahead of them , Balor was lying on the ground and they saw that the Tree Spirits had grouped themselves about him , rather in the manner of people arranging themselves to watch some entertainment , or hear some kind of cause being pleaded . |
| 4 | When they entered her house they saw that the table was already covered with gold and silver gifts from the other two suitors , with woven cloth , silks and velvets , and embroidered slippers and carved ornaments . |
| 5 | When they saw that the war could not be won , even as early as 1941 , some of them opened up lines of communication with us and the British . ’ |
| 6 | Though some churchmen protested , on the whole they accepted royal exactions as the price of protection and corporate power : they saw that the alternative was the wholly unsystematic despoilment and privatisation of church property not only by laymen but by individual ecclesiastics too . |