Example sentences of "[conj] saw [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our notion of Indians has been conditioned by the frontier mentality that saw them as savages inhabiting the geographic void that civilisation would tame . |
| 2 | LAURA DAVIES breezed through her jet-lag yesterday in the same spirit that saw her through her liver and bowel transplant . |
| 3 | The present England shirt costs about £24.99 for a full-sized fan , but the little number that saw us through ( and its red going-away alternative ) is beginning to reek from all those coach trips , nights spent in railway stations and sweaty terrace pens . |
| 4 | In Themis she stressed the need for group rather than individual values in conducting life and saw them as the foundation of religion . |
| 5 | when we erm , er when we were doing those projects we erm , we had a comments book and more , more people were in favour of them and saw them as an improvement to the town and so it needs something that 's really interesting actually , it 's er , erm the work 's department have said , as a result of those graffiti projects they can shift two officer 's from the graffiti team to the highway 's team , so it 's actually cut down on the work of actually clearing up unwanted graffiti , so it 's had a positive effect , so we , we 've got these two people work with the other people and we 've got Dorothy who 's working with , with black people and ethnic minorities in the town and erm for people who were here when this presentation was last given , er Robin who used to be in the local The Policy Team of the Local Government Unit is now actually a Community Development Officer , one of the decision 's , Robin use to do video work for the Authority erm , and we decided we asset whether the the need for that kind of , k ind of work to continue , and we thought on balance not erm and he now is running the music rehearsal space over at Latton Bush , that again is a project for young people , to enable , it 's a place where band 's can practice and that 's the problem in Harlow erm and er that 's really exciting project because it 's bringing in a lot of income for the Council as as well as providing the service that people want and , and it , I mean it is important at this time that we are doing limited projects where we are bringing in income , cos at , you know we estimate that erm we can get that erm rehearsal space properly resource , that project could be self financing , so your providing a service but your also getting paid , your getting paid for as well , so erm that is who we are now and were er , where were located , we have an open door policy as people will know . |
| 6 | He came to the station and saw them into the carriage . |
| 7 | Hemmings nodded and Elaine pulled herself from her chair and saw them to the door . |
| 8 | They stood to leave and as an afterthought Cobalt got up , too , and saw them to the door . |
| 9 | only had this sprung on me er today er when I went in to the Hall and and and saw them with a notice and a table collecting signatures . |
| 10 | She picked up the second carrier bag and saw me to the door with it . |
| 11 | This time , as she held open the door and saw him into the car , she was unable to refrain from privately comparing his physical likeness to that of her own father . |
| 12 | He felt proud when nurses passed and saw him with his girlfriend . |
| 13 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 14 | This attitude was sustained until August 1939 by the converse attitudes of many on the Right of Conservatism , who clearly sympathized with Hitler and saw him as a bastion against Bolshevism both in Germany and in Spain . |
| 15 | Herr Nordern shook hands with him , escorted him to the door , and saw him down the stairs as an excited buzz broke out among the family . |
| 16 | Crouching down in order to finish dressing his back afresh , she was surprised to feel a lump come into her throat and saw him through sudden tears , making her confused and uneasy . |
| 17 | She loved him neither for his even disposition or vast estate — for neither could he offer — and saw him through many tempestuous years of attempts to influence bands and musicians to the floaty sounds that have now met such brilliant commercial success . |
| 18 | as he half knew , he would be asked to acquiesce in some lunatic scheme for pulling Tristram out of trouble , and saw her for a moment from a position of detachment : a tall young woman looking younger than her twenty-nine years . |
| 19 | He thanked her for coming and saw her off the premises , but he was left wondering at her distress which seemed to arise more from fear than from grief . |
| 20 | Her question was answered a few minutes later when Matthew himself came outside and saw her at the window . |
| 21 | When he turned and saw her on the ground he strode back , hunkering down beside her . |
| 22 | Then I looked out of the window and saw her with Tony Duncan . |
| 23 | Jason was jealous of her ability to come up with consistently good ideas and saw her as a threat to his career . |
| 24 | But the image of Dinah would not leave him , and was strengthened by the times he visited the theatre and saw her in the flesh . |
| 25 | Some , like P. T. Forsyth or John Hunter , referred to the preaching as the ‘ Sacrament of the Word ’ and saw it as ‘ the distinctly Protestant Sacrament ’ . |
| 26 | Then I caught myself , and saw it as an opportunity to have fun and learn something new . |
| 27 | They were very positive about community care and saw it as natural development of their work . |
| 28 | Most either thought it did n't matter as long as they got relief for their tension and frustration and saw it as a way of keeping the peace , but some were trying through women 's groups or assertion therapy to express themselves more honestly . |
| 29 | But a Home Office study by Southgate ( 1982b ) reported that officers saw little value in such training : they quickly forgot the content and saw it as no substitute for direct experience or the advice of senior colleagues . |
| 30 | ‘ He heard there was someone senior in the neighbourhood and saw it as a golden opportunity to pass on the responsibility . ’ |