Example sentences of "saw [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But many commentators saw only a decline in the desire to rear or look after children , a weakening of the cohesive effects of the family , and an associated diminution of the buoyancy of the stock in terms familiar at least since the Boer War . |
| 2 | The rewards of this parliamentary victory were to come with the defeat of the French armies in 1870 , but at the time opponents of the Emperor saw only a means of forcing him further along the path of change . |
| 3 | I saw only a little of the country areas outside WA — I hope this might be rectified in the future . |
| 4 | She checked , but saw only a few photographs of a passing-out parade , a map , some pens and a blotter . |
| 5 | The glass was spotted and discoloured now , and in its depths Louise saw only a sepia-tinted reproduction of herself and of the room behind her . |
| 6 | She saw only a half-dozen dirty , twelve-year-old faces grinning at her , a half-dozen skinny little bodies beginning to disperse , to lose themselves in the alleys where they would be indistinguishable from dozens more . |
| 7 | The Bohemian party saw only a limited part of the country , landing in Kent , and travelling via London to Reading , Salisbury and Poole , whence they sailed to France . |
| 8 | A cashier saw only a £4.99 price tag when the accused presented a pair of shoes . |
| 9 | That 's a question which might be asked after last week 's thoroughly enjoyable Carrowdore 100 which however saw only a handful of riders on the line in each race except the classic . |
| 10 | Silently , Nell regarded the white , steel tube with a sphere at one end and set with two ‘ V ’ observation ports surrounded by remote control grab arms , and saw only an insect-like thing , a huge preying mantis . |
| 11 | I looked up and saw only an outline where he was sitting . |
| 12 | To her annoyance she found herself glancing over in the direction of his table , but saw only an empty chair . |
| 13 | November 2nd 1981 had me arriving at the mere on a calm , mild , dull day that saw hardly a ripple on the surface . |
| 14 | Every morning I read the news avidly , and in it I saw gradually a possibility of believing in something again … |
| 15 | The rest of the period saw both an increase in the popularity and duration of marriage , with life expectancies for both men and women improving and the divorce rate remaining low . |
| 16 | The company also saw nearly a halving of complaints against it and is hoping to widen the number of people using meters . |
| 17 | We saw probably a total of 24 different young men from a professional model agency . |
| 18 | The Tudorbury lads saw here an opportunity to get information , and maybe even new dealers . |
| 19 | The Chiswick Empire featured in the life of Michael Redgrave , who — as a boy — saw there a rough and ready performance , by Ben Greet , and his company , of ‘ Macbeth ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ Then went Samson to Gaza and saw there a harlot , and went in unto her . ’ |
| 21 | And they saw quite a lot more flags hanging out of windows . |
| 22 | Approaching the village hall we saw quite a crowd outside , and while we waited more and more people joined us . |
| 23 | Gennaro saw quite a lot . |
| 24 | Just after my birthday in September 1922 , we came out from afternoon school on a Tuesday and , on reaching the corner of St. Martin 's Church Street , saw quite a lot of people at the bottom of St. Ann 's Street . |
| 25 | At about the same time that I went up into the Boys ' School , my friend Hubert Gould moved away to Bournemouth and my other friend Alf Norris moved from The Friary to Greencroft Street and , as this was only two hundred yards from our house , we saw quite a lot of each other . |
| 26 | Also there were things called pangas which were knives erm and the we saw quite a few tribal incidents and people were injured from knife attacks . |
| 27 | To Phil he says : ‘ I saw quite a number of the men you 're doing when I was in London . |
| 28 | We 've never been in the same class or anything , but we saw quite a lot of each other in the Christmas concert last year and then , well , it sort of started with that . " |
| 29 | The annual competition saw quite a rare occurrence in the sport of fishing . |
| 30 | Yes , this , this kind of thing happens to people who 've been in traumatic situations , like erm er prisoner of war camps , severe accidents and stuff like that , and Freud himself of course saw quite a lot of these cases after the First World War . |