Example sentences of "saw [adv] what " in BNC.
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| 1 | The directors of these films , tourists in working-class cultures for which they felt little sympathy , saw only what they wanted to see . |
| 2 | Vested interests in Germany saw only what they wanted to see : namely that the Junkers were the traditional political and military leaders of German society , that they had brought about German unification and that this would make Germany into an industrial power of the first order . |
| 3 | But Jannie and Bob and old Harry Stearns and Bill Waddy and Gareth Holmroyd saw only what was put before them , which was in fact all that counted . |
| 4 | I saw only what I wanted to . |
| 5 | One night I got stoned and saw exactly what I 'd become — a spoiled , heartless little shit . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw exactly what he did and if it had n't been for Stuart those thieves would have got away . |
| 7 | ‘ I needed this piece and as I was looking around I saw exactly what I needed on this motor bike so I took it and now these guys want to kill me . ’ |
| 8 | He saw now what had happened . |
| 9 | I saw now what I 'd known all the time , only I 'd hidden it craftily from myself because it did n't fit in with what I wanted to do , that Terry and I had no basis for a love-affair ; we were friends who happened to be attracted to each other physically , which was far from enough , and by thinking it was enough we 'd gone against the very nature of our relationship . |
| 10 | Owen saw now what they were passing . |