Example sentences of "saw [art] [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A back pass to McConnell saw the keeper mis-hit the clearance to Ferguson who provided the perfect lob into the net . |
| 2 | Mr Whittle saw the JetRanger enter the water and watched pilot Geoff Dodds climb out . |
| 3 | A witness who saw the incident described the driver as white , about 25 years old , six feet tall , and of slim build with broad shoulders . |
| 4 | Bishop Aethelric saw the King addressing the army , and some sort of movement is starting . ’ |
| 5 | He saw the operative holding the radio set suddenly gesticulate and start shouting to his companions . |
| 6 | The young hedgehog saw the mountain of food in the dish , and saw the boy place the dish before the dog . |
| 7 | And so , when Byzantian emperor Alexius I appealed to Pope Urban II for help against the Seljuk Turks in Asia Minor , Urban saw the chance to vindicate the Western Church and show himself magnanimous to his Orthodox brothers . |
| 8 | Such intervention saw the chief playing the role of detail draughtsman to re-establish the status quo . |
| 9 | tell the same story as : [ 15 ] Lok saw the man draw the bow and release it . |
| 10 | As he ran she saw the man working the gun into the front of his overalls , and she saw him also , with his free hand , drag the woollen cap back down across his forehead . |
| 11 | I could still have easily called in if I 'd wanted to but I saw something advertised in a village saw the board took the number down and phoned them up . |
| 12 | Buttons reached for it and it was n't until they were flying it that Artemis saw the four-foot drop the other side . |
| 13 | Without a word the Negro turned and Jess saw the padlock fastening the collar at the nape of his neck . |
| 14 | There was silence until the soldiers had passed , and Collins slowly withdrew his hand from his coat pocket ; glancing through the sliding glass panel , Patrick saw the driver do the same . |
| 15 | Blanche saw the opportunity to prod the historian towards her goal . |
| 16 | He saw the opportunity to play the peace card and the moderate rearmament card at the same time , fortified by the prospect that in times of trouble the public would prefer to vote for an established Government rather than a peculiarly unknown opposition . |
| 17 | The magazine Jamming saw the band wipe the floor with all opposition in all categories outside the female sections . |
| 18 | Mr Smith saw the move to ensure the institution 's senior management were elected and accountable as a straightforward wrecking attempt . |
| 19 | I saw the mouse ascend the ancient timepiece , |
| 20 | It seems likely that a redefinition of the principal crimes of physical violation would cover most of these cases anyway , and the Criminal Law Revision Committee saw the need to supplement the general offences with only one special offence — administering to another , without his consent , any substance which D knows to be capable of interfering substantially with the other 's bodily functions . |
| 21 | In the majority of cases the conveyance will be a motor car and the ‘ taking ’ is proved by a witness stating that he saw the defendant take the car , or by an admission to that effect by the defendant . |
| 22 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ 'Use' is usually proved by the police officer in the case giving evidence that he saw the defendant driving the motor vehicle in question . |
| 23 | He saw the aunt open the shed door . |
| 24 | As she reached the gate at the farther edge she could see right under the low bridge — and as she looked she saw the van turn the bend at the top of the short hill leading to the bridge , and increase speed down it . |
| 25 | She was on her way to Ilkley , to meet Maria , when she saw the postman climbing the hill . |
| 26 | In April 1970 Romola Nijinsky , widow of great Vaslav , saw the horse win the Two Thousand Guineas . |
| 27 | The match between Wilkinson and Ivanisevic saw the Briton take the sting out of the giant Croat 's fearsome serve with some brilliant returns . |
| 28 | Birmingham on 1 and 2 August 1838 saw a celebration to mark the end of apprenticeship . |
| 29 | Rufus looked out of the window and saw a man trimming the grass round one of the rose beds with a pair of long-handled shears . |
| 30 | Just as she reached it , the light from a lantern spilled on to the square , and she saw a man enter the place behind it . |