Example sentences of "saw [noun] [verb] for " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 This was how the visual comedy of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em was conceived , although this was not to be the opening episode of the series ; Michael Mills felt the couple needed to be introduced in another story , which saw Frank go for a job as a door-to-door salesman — one of many jobs — and bungle the practice session in his own inimitable way .
2 Both sides were fired up — too much so — in some cases — and a spiteful start brought warnings for David Speedie and Keith Alexander before the third-minute incident which saw Rees dismissed for stamping on Downs with the full-back prostrate and helpless .
3 ‘ I saw problems coming for the breed and in 1984 I started a training club for Dobermanns and , more specifically , for their owners , ’ Graham said .
4 ‘ Then Rodney came over and the two of us went into the back yard and saw Siobhan screaming for help out of a bedroom widow . ’
5 The rest of the match saw Rangers push for more goals , and Gough hit the bar and Hateley and McCoist both saw shots fly wide .
6 A strange and , to those unaware of the Easterhouse situation , ambiguous line which saw Morrissey running for the shelter of his lawyer , Alexis Grower .
7 It was the only time I saw Cantona play for Leeds live .
8 England , defeated by these two then , now saw Akram go for a duck , a nifty piece of stumping by Russell from a curving , cutting ball from his captain .
9 A determined back movement by CI saw Drummond cross for the visitors to leave the scoreline 6–8 at half time in the visitors favour .
10 She saw Margaret waiting for her outside her house and she gave her a little wave .
11 We 've now got a trained erm chain saw operator working for us .
  Next page