Example sentences of "saw [noun] [noun prp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She saw Ian Paisley as a responsible man on the spot who would be able to distribute the money . ’ |
| 2 | She flew up the drive and suddenly she saw Miss Honey in the front garden , standing in the middle of a bed of roses doing something with a pair of clippers . |
| 3 | They saw Miss Lavant in a suit with buttercups on it , strolling about among the stalls , her downcast eyes occasionally glancing up . |
| 4 | He said : ‘ It 's possible she saw Miss Arrow around the place . |
| 5 | As I came into my room , I saw Edward Hyde for the first time . |
| 6 | She dimly saw Aunt Emily by the fire and the silver tea service winked on a table beside her , and there , in front of the fire , standing there as comfortably as if it were his own fire , she saw with no surprise at all , that it was Michael Swinton . |
| 7 | For the Viscount it was an illustrious connection ; in Limoges men saw Earl Reginald as a great and influential figure , a man who had helped Henry II to the English throne . |
| 8 | ‘ Saw Rodney Shergold in the shop this morning , ’ Iris observed , pulling a face . |
| 9 | I saw Bryan Adams on the front of his album . |
| 10 | I saw Bruce Carver on the beach once or twice after that . |
| 11 | When he had gone to fetch their order , Melissa said , ‘ Dora , are you absolutely certain you saw Dieter Erdle in the garden yesterday morning ? ’ |
| 12 | Some years ago I saw Sister Gemmell of the Church Army on television . |
| 13 | I never saw Mme Guérigny in the garden . |
| 14 | As I said , I saw Mr. Lampitt on the Monday before last and everything was fine , absolutely fine . ’ |
| 15 | I thought when I first saw Mr. Belville at the masquerade that he was the finest gentleman I had ever seen . |
| 16 | She saw Mrs Kennedy from the chemist turn and look at her . |
| 17 | She saw Jesus Christ as the bridge between God and man , who showed just how much God loves us and gave access to Him without the need of other intermediaries . |
| 18 | Inside I saw Joseph Cotten on the phone , rattling off some scare story about the Monster that Ate the City . |
| 19 | Louis Terrenoire , the RPF 's general secretary in this era , saw de Gaulle as a tragic figure caught in an intolerable dilemma : " should I remain the man of History … and withdraw ? |
| 20 | Doug Robertson last saw Rabina Ali at the end of September when she flew to Karachi for a family holiday . |
| 21 | Claire Clairmont saw Lord Byron for the last time in November 1821 , when her carriage was edged off the road outside Empoli by his magnificent coach and four with its wagon train and travelling menagerie . |
| 22 | ‘ No player , at a moment that mattered , ever saw Herbert Chapman with a long face . |
| 23 | When she got back to England , and saw Guy Sterne in the cold , rain-soaked light of an English summer day , stability and common sense and some healthy , protective cynicism would undoubtedly reassert themselves without any effort on her part whatsoever . |
| 24 | Even though my bike and rucksack were miles away on the platform of Fort William station , I can not remember being so profoundly moved on public transport , unless you count the time I thought I saw Sean Connery on the Piccadilly Line . |
| 25 | The chaos was physical : early meetings in the Storey 's Gate offices earmarked for the new department saw George Brown on a chair while everyone else ‘ sat on the floor like Buddhas ’ . |
| 26 | It was a Land Rover , and when Jenna saw Claudine Rabier at the wheel , her humiliation was complete . |
| 27 | ‘ I am just remembering how you and Dame Martha saw Lady Eleanor on the night before she died . |
| 28 | ‘ Someone I knew says he saw Brendan Behan in a pub in Dublin once . |
| 29 | I turned and saw Dorian Gray for the first time . |
| 30 | In her imagination she saw Nick Frazer as a young version of his uncle , a young wolf instead of an old one . |