Example sentences of "[noun sg] saw [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expert opinion : ‘ Much will depend on how the electorate saw Neville Trotter 's performance in the light of recent unrest . |
| 2 | A speedy , sixth-minute break saw Roberto Paci intercept Warren Neil 's desperate back pass to give Lucchese the lead . |
| 3 | The chaos was physical : early meetings in the Storey 's Gate offices earmarked for the new department saw George Brown on a chair while everyone else ‘ sat on the floor like Buddhas ’ . |
| 4 | LIVERPOOL second division action saw Devonshire House score a 3-2 verdict over Village Eagle with goals from Mick Brooks , John Garner and the winner from player manager Bob Lee . |
| 5 | Last year 's Best Actor contest saw Tom Cruise and Daniel Day Lewis competing wheelchair-to-wheelchair , with Cruise 's Ron Kovics ( Born on the Fourth of July ) just losing out to Day Lewis 's Christy Brown ( My Left Foot ) . |
| 6 | Foreign industry saw unemployment pay — meagre as it was — as the last obstacle before this country became a handy offshore pool of cheap labour . |
| 7 | A lorry driver passing the scene saw Mrs Chandler walking with a man slightly smaller than her , about 5ft 8in tall . |
| 8 | Celtic 's whirlwind start to the second half saw Peter Grant and Charlie Nicholas go close , and a Pat McGinley effort from a narrow angle rebound off the post . |
| 9 | Celtic 's whirlwind start to the second half saw Peter Grant and Charlie Nicholas go close , and a Pat McGinley effort from a narrow angle rebound off the post . |
| 10 | A quick break by St Albans in the last minute of the first half saw Ian Plummer score into an open net to give his side a 2–0 half time lead . |
| 11 | As he spoke , the teacher saw Prince Richard in his mind 's eye and recalled the authority in the imperious carriage of the boy 's small head on his narrow but habitually braced shoulders . |
| 12 | Notts County at home to Oldham went into a forty second minute lead through Turner , and this all second division clash saw Notts County go further ahead through Short after sixty five minutes ; two nil the final score . |
| 13 | The Presidential Rally on Tuesday evening saw Dr Hugh Kennedy take over as President , a fitting tribute in this Bicentenary of the BMS to someone who has given so much of his life to serving God and others through the BMS . |
| 14 | The Group saw group moderation by teachers as a vital element , as being a process with significant benefit to teachers in itself as well as providing a crucial counterbalance to crudely over-simplified test results . |
| 15 | ONLY goal difference saw Durham Wasps reach the top of the England north table and qualify for home and away games against Cardiff Devils , runaway winners of the southern league . |
| 16 | Clearly the interrogator saw Mr Graham 's walking habits as being crucial to the case . |
| 17 | Bill Dodd 's retirement saw Cyril Proby take over the captaincy and Plumb began the job of squad rebuilding . |
| 18 | Now my mind 's eye saw Aunt Louise 's little resting place : but the inscription ? |
| 19 | Worldwide , the systems integration business saw turnover rise 15.2% to £318.2m , comprising 76% of overall revenues . |
| 20 | The beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe with displays of militarism and aggressiveness which were ultimately to lead to the Great War of 1914–18 when millions of soldiers died in the mud-filled trenches of Flanders and experienced other horrors such as Gallipoli . |
| 21 | The latter part of the decade saw St Owens Mill start up , followed within a few years by the Island Street and Victoria Street Mills , Luker also involved with the latter . |
| 22 | THE smallest crowd of the season at McDiarmid Park last night saw St Johnstone recover from a backs-to-the-wall first half to take two vital points from Falkirk . |
| 23 | AND THE ASS SAW EAST ANGLIA |
| 24 | At noon the King saw Sir Herbert Samuel at the Palace . |
| 25 | Regarding that point , when the right hon. Gentleman saw President Yeltsin did he explain to him why until very recently this Government have said that a minimum effective deterrent is 512 nuclear warheads and why they are now saying that an effective deterrent could be fewer than 192 nuclear warheads ? |
| 26 | Thus , though it demonstrates the existence from the outset a common source of inspiration in Owenism for both trade unionism and co-operation , it demonstrates also that trade unionism saw Producer Co-operation not as an alternative and preferable way of organising manufacture and hence one to be adopted generally , not in short as a prime purpose , but as an occasional weapon . |
| 27 | In the wettest wetlands of all grows an even tougher thatching material , one of our most ancient natural crops : the giant saw sedge Cladium mariscus . |
| 28 | — Tim 's paper saw career development only in terms of promotion and not within people 's existing jobs |
| 29 | Gloucester were very fortunate in getting a late penalty kick and in fact the very last kick of the game saw Tim Smith come up to get one point which for the last 35 minutes looked the most improbable result of all . |
| 30 | The split saw Mr Norman Tebbit align the Tory Right with the Labour front bench , while Ulster Unionists , the Scottish Nationalists , the SDP , a few Labour leftwingers and the Liberal Democrats signalled grudging support for the Cabinet , which needs every vote it can get to pass the promised bill next spring . |