Example sentences of "saw [noun] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before he saw Nicandra alone on the stand , he had noticed a different kind of tension ; it was in the bar , where Andrew was having a drink with Lalage , while now , he guessed , Nicandra would be getting the money on to Lalage 's horse . |
| 2 | She saw action all over the world , including taking part in the D-Day landings . |
| 3 | .0 A SECOND successive goalless draw saw England through to the World Cup finals here yesterday , when Poland practically burned themselves out in an often scintillating hour and yet fanned an ember in the last minute when Ryszard Tarasiewicz 's shot struck Peter Shilton 's crossbar . |
| 4 | He saw Maud once in the Kurfûrstendamm , eating alone in a cafe and looking a little desolate , with a stack of coins already piled beside her plate although her meal had only just come . |
| 5 | In the 1910s and 1920s , some newspaper proprietors seemed willing to continue to subsidize their newspapers on political grounds , but the mounting losses incurred in this process — Pearson spent £¾m keeping the Westminster Gazette going , the TUC had spent £½m on the Daily Herald between 1921 and 1928 but only saw profit once in the early years — increased the reluctance of the politically committed to get involved . |
| 6 | The outbreak of war saw Bennett still in the navy blue of Imperial Airways and he heard the Prime Minister 's broadcast , declaring war on Germany , with much the same feeling as most of us who remember it . |
| 7 | I saw George outside under the station lights and watched him set off towards the rear of the train . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't think Father ever saw Hubert again until the trial . |
| 9 | Anne and Sarah saw Terry off at the station , and Anne tactfully went to the station bookstall while Sarah and Terry said goodbye . |
| 10 | Trent saw Mariana up on the forest edge when he went to fetch wood from the carport . |
| 11 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Saw James over by the accordion earlier . |