Example sentences of "saw [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Our chairman saw them beat Marseilles in a pre-season friendly , ’ says manager Roy Walker . |
2 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
3 | ‘ We never saw them row . ’ |
4 | The news for United 's vast following is less euphoric ; a subdued crowd of 26,698 , the backlash to the Derby defeat , saw them fail to add to the three goals of the first leg . |
5 | Yes , I saw them queuing for tomatoes , but the stall was still well-stocked the next day . |
6 | ‘ Waiting is the worst , ’ Rose said sympathetically as she saw them struggling with food . |
7 | Never a glimpse of him since that good little lass saw them dragging him back into the wards . |
8 | Moira went over to her friends and he saw them looking back at him and sniggering . |
9 | Early stage shows saw them recreating the famous Iwo Jima flag-erecting ceremony , while the cover of their great ‘ One Nation Under A Groove ’ album took the American flag to new psychedelic heights , the red , white and blue coloured in all manner of drug-crazed hues . |
10 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
11 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
12 | Jack kept trying to get above the cloud — daybreak still saw them shrouded in blackness . |
13 | My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house . |
14 | Coarse Angling team saw them finish in fourth place , just 10 points away from a medal position , in the World Freshwater Angling Championships . |
15 | And in my mind I saw them reaching between their legs to clutch their precious bags . |
16 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
17 | He studied them , smoothing the fragile skin of her hand , and saw them falter shut , and heard her breathing soften and settle . |
18 | When those silly women went to the downstairs powder room , I saw them go . |
19 | No-one saw them go . |
20 | No one saw them go . ’ |
21 | And they do n't take their shoes off when they go in , cos we saw them go in did n't |
22 | Of course her father saw them arrive but he never mentioned them . |
23 | ‘ I saw them arrive in Paris on the television , ’ Terry went on . |
24 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
25 | He saw them bind the arm of the man he had wounded . |
26 | Suddenly the dogs scampered off , and she saw them jumping up to greet a dark figure . |
27 | cos I saw them skating round that car |
28 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
29 | When the police from the house rushed down and saw them riding away , they say some of them wore military uniform . ’ |
30 | But I saw them , I saw them face to face . |