Example sentences of "[subord] i saw [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the lunch interval of the Test I made my way to the bar , where I saw the editor of the Herald , Mac Pollock , father of Springboks Peter and Graeme , and decided to discuss Vorster 's threat with him . |
| 2 | The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same . |
| 3 | Once I saw a woman there full of grief . |
| 4 | ‘ If I saw a comedy show that was very good , I 'd get depressed , and if I saw something that was very bad , I 'd get depressed . |
| 5 | S. H. Patrolling up Prescot Road during the war , if I saw a light on , I used to shout , ‘ Put that bloody light out , ’ and if nobody put the light out , we used to let fly with a brick . |
| 6 | Er like i we if I saw a vase that was a little bit bigger and a bit more expensive than what you 'd have |
| 7 | If I saw the duck-rabbit as a rabbit , then I saw : these shapes and colours ( I give them in detail ) — and I saw besides something like this : and here I point to a number of different pictures of rabbits . |
| 8 | So if I saw the mountain , outlined by the rising sun at dawn , I could say to myself that though it was Saturday morning here what I was witnessing at the same moment was dawn on Friday , the day before . |
| 9 | He added : ‘ I always liked Dion 's first touch but I still was n't sure until I saw a video of his goals . |
| 10 | It was not until I saw a sailor much smaller than myself performing in a Force 6 that it dawned on me that the answer must lie in a good technique . |
| 11 | All of my fish are from South America and although I find fish from other parts of the world attractive , I have never had any desire to keep them until I saw a Myxocyprinus asiaticus . |
| 12 | I wondered for a moment about this strange near-miss , and what a trout might be doing crossing the road , until I saw a fisherman standing aside , who can only have dropped his slippery catch on the roadway and was waiting to recapture it . |
| 13 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought you were exaggerating , ’ Oliver admitted , ‘ until I saw the menace in that fellow 's eyes . ’ |
| 15 | He says : I still was n't sure about him until I saw the video of his goals . |
| 16 | I intended being one of the three people to live in Oxford Street , until I saw the place . |
| 17 | No , well like I said I mean I did n't think mine had tanned me that much until I saw the photos from Alan 's wedding , I was like a nigger . |
| 18 | until I saw the apparition |
| 19 | Well no , I I just carried on cos I saw a space there , that 's all . |
| 20 | Well cos I saw the cover of it and it looked really good . |
| 21 | But if I was a referee now unless I saw the forward actually trying to stay on his feet I would view all of those fouls very suspiciously . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Because I saw the words only yesterday . |
| 24 | Oh well that 's easy , because I saw the photograph . |
| 25 | My feet got so hot and sweaty I took my trainers and socks off and walked along in my bare feet till I saw a traffic warden looking at me as if she 'd get me arrested . |
| 26 | But she likes the lumps in er , I was gon na buy some pickled onions today , till I saw the price ! |
| 27 | While I saw no justification for positive discrimination in the coffee queue , I was aware that prejudice can stem from the most unexpected beginnings . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I would accept that since I saw a report only the other day about such a case ( the funeral director involved had a son in my class who brought me the file ) the embalmer had used 8 oz per 80 oz of a very good fluid , but had not put in any co or pre injection fluids and did not mix any other fluids , and he put in 4 × 80 oz bottles . |
| 30 | It came after I saw a priest in a London restaurant with a louche young man . |