Example sentences of "[noun sg] saw [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot saw how the gold patterns on the cover caught the flicker from the fire and flared like Very lights . |
| 2 | A cashier saw only a £4.99 price tag when the accused presented a pair of shoes . |
| 3 | B A er had a very clear dominance at Heathrow , erm it was a dominance that erm has effectively been erm given to them on a plate by the government , or successive governments over the last fifty years , erm and which in effect saw off you know , Laker , B Cal , Dan Air , Air Europe , erm and er and er and er it 's it 's them having that dominance and then being able to erm er effectively misuse that dominance by er by using the dom the dominance on say the routes which say Virgin Atlantic do n't fly to er actually damage Virgin on on on the routes that erm that we do fly . |
| 4 | Well I do n't think ehm , she and , daughter in law saw exactly eye to eye for a start . |
| 5 | The tariff policy therefore carried with it the last hope of consolidating the Empire and the last hope of reversing the drift into class politics ; as a pessimist , Law saw further ahead than most of his contemporaries , and events proved him to be more nearly right than they were . |
| 6 | Then Camp Mill saw yet another change converted to production of millboard , under Moses John Mason . |
| 7 | Topaz saw how the sobs shook Honor 's body and wanted to hold her like a child to comfort her . |
| 8 | Now , when Beth smiled knowingly , the girl saw how she had been manipulated , and soon the two of them were laughing . |
| 9 | The CAS Director saw more than 130 practices during the year , either at the RIBA or in their own offices , to offer help and advice . |
| 10 | The final evening saw more than 300 guests attend an industry reception , hosted by LASMO . |
| 11 | Cynthia spoke rather bitterly , and Breeze saw then why they were ‘ all over ’ her . |
| 12 | Find out what to do about taking that band saw away I du n no . |
| 13 | After gluing , the curved members were cut to shape on the band saw then finished with the spokeshave . |
| 14 | Holly saw only the man on the wire . |
| 15 | Rain saw only that he got there first and Harbury was left holding out the wine glass . |
| 16 | This was far from instantaneous , and the Permian period saw both advanced amphibians and early reptiles living side by side . |
| 17 | The rest of the period saw both an increase in the popularity and duration of marriage , with life expectancies for both men and women improving and the divorce rate remaining low . |
| 18 | The third period saw even more frantic goalscoring as Titmuss scored four times and captain Parry twice , Brian Jackson finishing things off just before time with an unassisted goal his third of the game to cause a result which will shock rival teams in the league . |
| 19 | His mind 's eye saw again , with the sharp clarity of a six-year-old , the battered galloping horses with flaring nostrils , the glittering brass posts , twisted like giant barley sugar sticks , the dizzy red and yellow swingboats and the snakes of black flex that coiled across the bruised grass of Thrush Green waiting to ensnare the feet of the bedazzled . |
| 20 | But her mind 's eye saw only one face , one man . |
| 21 | The end of the decade saw more comfortable , functional footwear , reflecting the simpler silhouette of clothes — shoe heels became chunkier and wide-strapped sandals complemented the ubiquitous kaftan imported from the East . |
| 22 | In a sentence such as ( 30 ) , the event saw obviously can not be conceived as existing before the beginning of the crossing : ( 30 ) I saw him cross the street . |
| 23 | But if selection is to take place , it seems reasonable to attempt to do so on the basis of what an organisation saw as important in its own terms at the time , rather than attempting to apply current research criteria to the process . |
| 24 | The generation before the Revolution saw not only the opposition to royal power offered by the parlements and their allies but a growth in criticism of the monarchical regime of a more fundamental and ultimately more dangerous kind . |
| 25 | Thereafter , however , a series of self-inflicted wounds proved costly , the turning point coming when Scott Stewart 's long diagonal to Canada 's left touchline saw only Tony Stanger retreat into his 22 at suitable speed , though John Graf and Chris Tynan then got the better of him , the former 's delightful pick-up releasing the latter for a try . |
| 26 | The priorities used are RESUS , Major A , Major B , Minor A and Minor B. The ENP saw only Minor category patients . |
| 27 | The rest of the season saw more coming and going among players , with the balance tilted against City . |
| 28 | She was extremely grateful and the course saw out the war in this fashion the camp never materialising . |
| 29 | Yes , this , this kind of thing happens to people who 've been in traumatic situations , like erm er prisoner of war camps , severe accidents and stuff like that , and Freud himself of course saw quite a lot of these cases after the First World War . |
| 30 | Of course , with his warp-eye Googol saw far beyond the portion of warpspace shown in the viewer — clear to the Emperor 's aching beacon … |