Example sentences of "saw it happen " in BNC.
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| 1 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 2 | I certainly never pictured it as being the same operation acting on different pieces until I actually saw it happening on the cube . |
| 3 | She saw it happening all around her . |
| 4 | I saw it happening around me . |
| 5 | Mr Lessingham saw it happen . |
| 6 | I saw it happen with Jaco Pastorius — I know what it was like the first time I heard him . |
| 7 | I saw it happen once to a dear old woman who went around a group of people , gently offering her book , and everyone signed except one . |
| 8 | It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen . |
| 9 | I saw it happen , and I could n't do a thing to help them . |
| 10 | As a scientist I can not believe it — but I saw it happen with my own eyes . |
| 11 | For some reason he did n't get the kicks , but he certainly saw it happen . ’ |
| 12 | But twenty nomes , peering out from the undergrowth , saw it happen . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw it happen . |
| 14 | ‘ You know that Terry saw it happen ? ’ |
| 15 | And somebody was following , a colleague was following , saw it happen , stopped and helped him sort of do what you 've got to do to get the man 's address and this sort of thing , make sure the car was alright , and took him into the office . |
| 16 | Nobody saw it happen , but I think most likely he was fighting and got caught up on something . |
| 17 | If you do know it , then , should you admit it , because if we 've seen it happen , we 'll report it as fact , because we saw it happen . |
| 18 | An American air crew saw it happen as they prepared to take off . |