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 .
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