Example sentences of "[pron] saw a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw a sea of faces and heard the boos and catcalls of the crowd , cheated of their sport . |
| 2 | ‘ I saw a flash of white through the bushes . |
| 3 | ‘ The idea came to me during September 1991 when I saw a pile of waste paper being loaded into a contractor 's vehicle at the back of 36 St Andrew Square . |
| 4 | ‘ At first I thought art was simply a matter of reproducing what I saw ; but one day I saw a reproduction of Piero della Francesca 's Pietà , and I suddenly realised that there was a huge spiritual element in painting . |
| 5 | I saw a bird of prey , a hen harrier , as intent as an osprey , beating her wings at early evening against a stand of firs , hunting like a cruise missile along the edge of a windbreak . |
| 6 | Do you know , I saw a flicker of fear in those cunning eyes and realised why his Satanic Eminence needed us so much . |
| 7 | Just for a moment I thought I saw a flicker of emotion in her eyes , but it was probably a trick of the light . |
| 8 | ‘ No , but I saw a sketch of her . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She develops this grandiose theory of herself as being important , and makes Truth Or Dare which I saw a couple of minutes of but had to stop watching because it was so unpleasant and embarrassing and awful . |
| 10 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
| 11 | I saw a couple of people with TV cameras ; Tony had persuaded some cameramen to film the Benefit for free so he could make it into a video afterwards . |
| 12 | I saw a couple of cars from the local car hi-fi centre and people distributing leaflets on car hi-fis that were currently available on the market . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw a couple of specialists but nothing showed up . |
| 14 | Nisbet 's 71st minute effort was an incredible fluke and the defender recalled : ‘ I saw a couple of Brugge players coming at me and decided just to smack the ball . |
| 15 | On just two separate occasions I saw a total of 34 ships go down . |
| 16 | I saw a range of hills behind us . |
| 17 | I was sick to counter it , since I saw a glimmer of enjoyment in his eye ; he had said it all before , and liked saying it . |
| 18 | Flying over the Bornholmerstrasse yesterday , I saw a scrum of East Berliners massing to cross its bridge . |
| 19 | Yeah I saw a bit of America and the West Indies and the Middle East , bit of Europe . |
| 20 | I think I saw a bit of one . |
| 21 | I saw a bit of it |
| 22 | I saw a troop of men appear |
| 23 | Then I saw a strip of light . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ I always liked Dion 's first touch but I still was n't sure until I saw a video of his goals . |
| 25 | ‘ It was play-time , and I saw a huddle of children near the sheds . |
| 26 | I saw a trailer of it when I came , I thought he must of come |
| 27 | I know you like hiking because I saw a photo of you in your little bum-freezers , so we 'll take you up on the moors and then call at Harry Ramsden 's for some fish ‘ n ’ chips . |
| 28 | There were plenty of Garda around , and there ought to have been plenty more , as I saw a group of wild children steal chocolates from a shop and then run off down the road . |
| 29 | A few days ago , when it had been snowing , I saw a group of Savoy cabbages standing frozen and benumbed , and it reminded me of a group of women in their thin petticoats and old shawls which I had seen standing in a little hot-water-and-coal shop early in the morning . ’ |
| 30 | [ In those days , if you were a witch you were safe as long as you kept away from the common people : once I saw a group of villagers spread-eagle a warlock , drive a stake through his heart and bury him beneath a crossroads gibbet . ] |