Example sentences of "i saw " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolfe puts his argument as follows : ‘ What I saw before me was the critic-in-chief of the New York Times saying : In looking at a painting today , ‘ to lack a persuasive theory is to lack something crucial ’ . |
| 2 | Before I saw you , and the world 's large tongue |
| 3 | I also experienced it ( it came upon me ) when I signed the marriage register as well as when I saw the pig slaughtered . |
| 4 | Not when I saw him . |
| 5 | I had only seen a wall there before , and now my heart leapt when I saw , through the Bride and the Bachelors , through the Milky Way and the Chariot and the Grinder and the Sieves - someone moving . |
| 6 | Shall I say I saw you ? he asked . |
| 7 | ‘ I used to have the impression that I should feel almost privileged to work at certain big-name establishments when I saw the size of my pay packet , and I never used to know my general manager . |
| 8 | I saw your picture in the paper here just last week . |
| 9 | ‘ I knew it the moment I saw it last Sunday . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm sure I saw Mr Clancy around here , somewhere . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But I saw your husband come into the tent while you were over at the tombola , ’ Mrs Doran said to Mrs Yardley . |
| 12 | I saw the cherry and realized an opportunity was at hand . |
| 13 | When those silly women went to the downstairs powder room , I saw them go . |
| 14 | I ran down to meet him , but when I got there I saw that he had narrow eyes and a mean mouth and I did n't like him one bit . |
| 15 | Anyway , that was n't Frensham earth I saw , not local . ’ |
| 16 | I stood there staring at it for a moment , unable to believe what I saw . |
| 17 | When I saw the room , I immediately wanted to call the whole thing off , but the chap already had the cheque and I was on a hiding to nothing with my landlord so I would just have to put up with it . |
| 18 | I saw her as she was : a mother unable to protect her children . |
| 19 | I saw a lot of both her and John in those days as I saw my parents most weekends and they often went round on Sundays as well . |
| 20 | I saw a lot of both her and John in those days as I saw my parents most weekends and they often went round on Sundays as well . |
| 21 | I thought I saw someone moving in the front room . |
| 22 | A little way along , I saw a path running up the bank to my left and on the top of this bank there was a rather eccentric mock-Gothic porchway . |
| 23 | In fact , I saw from the station clock that I had timed my arrival just about perfectly . |
| 24 | Ages ago I saw on television someone using a special space with a lever action behind it , to help people with bad backs to be able to dig the garden . |
| 25 | While on holiday in Portugal I saw a conifer that looked so magnificent I just had to photograph it . |
| 26 | I saw a whole border of them in Germany , but they were the only plants without a name tag ! |
| 27 | In the late 1950s this order of dress was even more carefully observed and I saw a detective sergeant ordered home to change from Harris tweed jacket and flannels into ‘ proper clothing ’ . |
| 28 | In this same period I saw many hundreds of users who never featured in the arrest tables and took many to hospital . |
| 29 | In this case , I saw her caught with classic techniques — but none of them scored . |
| 30 | ‘ I saw you both at the Castle , then I lost you . ’ |