Example sentences of "[adv] i saw [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly I saw a man cleaning windows in the dark . |
| 2 | In the moonlight I walked sadly around , until suddenly I saw a woman 's figure in the shadows . |
| 3 | By spotlighting Hemingway 's taciturn blacks , the shadowy , subdued figures in Faulkner , or the insubstantial and sketchy figure of Willa Cather 's slave in Sapphira and the Slave Girl , Morrison reveals blackness as the boundary , the context that defines the ‘ mute ’ and ‘ frozen ’ world of whiteness : ‘ Suddenly I saw the bowl , the structure that transparently ( and invisibly ) permits the ordered life it contains to exist in the larger world . ’ |
| 4 | I looked an den I saw de norm |
| 5 | [ 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 . ] |
| 6 | I took the milk , and I poured it on the floor where the slate is hollowed , because once I saw the lake in moonlight and it was white . |
| 7 | I mean like I saw a double-decker bus on the moon and that sort of stuff . |
| 8 | Later I saw the degree of animation which videos like this can stimulate among activists . |
| 9 | Thirty-five years later I saw the film again in New York . |
| 10 | I was still angry , but there was no point in pursuing what was over , so I went back topsides to trim the ship , and five minutes later I saw the stateroom lights go out , and half an hour after that the lights in Ellen and Robin-Anne 's cabin were doused , leaving only a light in the forward starboard cabin to show that either Rickie or Jackson Chatterton was still awake . |
| 11 | And we had to help them to move and you know help them to move their things and really I saw the kind of difficulties the girls would be living under . |
| 12 | Well I saw a sending off yesterday on television that er I thought was nowhere near as severe as that and I must say that he 's a very luck man Stan . |
| 13 | He said , well I saw the queue , and I joined it |
| 14 | A few years ago I saw a modification with two small hydraulic servos , one fitted to the front and one fitted to the rear brake pipes , ahead of the brake failure device . |
| 15 | 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 . . |
| 16 | Forty years ago I saw a friend off at Paddington , bound for Totnes . |
| 17 | SOME months ago I saw a television documentary on hostels for young homeless people in London . |
| 18 | ‘ On a fine Spring morning some sixty years ago I saw a crowd of half-nude men digging ruthlessly into the old grave barrow that has stood from time immemorial on the eastern slope of the hill between the traditional Hurlers and that towering rock idol , the Cheesewring . |
| 19 | A week ago I saw a monkey in the street jump on a donkey and try to wank him off — the donkey brayed and kicked , the monkey 's owner shouted , the monkey itself squealed — apart from two or three children who laughed and me who found it very funny , no one paid any attention . |
| 20 | A few years ago I saw a catalogue offering Scotch , sometimes called ‘ Burnett ’ , roses . |
| 21 | When I , when I came here I saw a shop in which was for sale . |
| 22 | But here I saw the way the streets were going , how they darkened despite the sun , the juicy air , the innocence of the covering blue . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I saw a leg and arm sticking out of the side and realised Stuart was underneath it . |
| 24 | Then I saw a friend using parallel rulers on a map , and I realised that by using a similar technique I could put all those 1/4in cutter into use . |
| 25 | Then I saw a stem policeman standing nearby with suspicious and disapproving stare . |
| 26 | Then I saw a strip of light . |
| 27 | Then I saw a barrel glinting and realized two soldiers were creeping towards me . |
| 28 | Then I saw a gaggle of youths arriving with guitar cases for a recording session , and I changed my mind . |
| 29 | No , not until the until we opened the door , gave that quick check and then I saw a figure or figures in the bed . |
| 30 | Just then I saw a circle of light , a long way away , like the light of a lantern . |