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

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1 They were silent on the way back , walking to cool the horses ; if his father saw the state they were in he would be angry .
2 The laibon says that his father saw the sense in it .
3 His tenure saw the gallery grow from a provincial treasure house to a world-renowned showcase which challenged the Metropolitan as the country 's most prestigious venue .
4 The early years of his tenure saw the creation under Ida Ward [ q.v. ] of the first department of the languages and cultures of Africa in a British university , and the successful negotiation of the school 's removal from the City of London to Bloomsbury .
5 Both the coroner and his companion saw the chain fastened to the wall strain at its clasps .
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