Example sentences of "saw [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Osburn saw hope for the future in Englishmen mending their ways . |
| 2 | The Wolf-Man — so called because of a dream involving wolves which Freud interpreted as a memory of his parents having sex — saw Freud for an hour a day , every day except Sundays , for four years . |
| 3 | When I saw Jekub for the first time I thought , OK , this is what he used . ’ |
| 4 | That was the last time I saw David for about four years . ’ |
| 5 | Some individuals saw opportunities for social reform in leisure provision . |
| 6 | I saw Begampur for the first time on a hot evening in early May . |
| 7 | Presumably it saw service for iron working at some time , although in later life it was used for corn grinding , saw milling , as well as being operated for a time as a maltings . |
| 8 | Elinor said , ‘ I saw Sam for a few minutes , darling . |
| 9 | Both Tawney and Matthews saw education for trade unionists as a growth point of great potential . |
| 10 | There are , of course , other power tool tables which will perform both tasks together at the outset , but the 750 gives you the option of not adding the table if you do n't need it , and meanwhile , having the versatility of an extremely useful work and saw bench for clamping , gripping and marking . |
| 11 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |
| 12 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw Siena for the first time in Autumn , ’ said Tom Tedder , with a catch in his voice . |
| 14 | another driver says he came off in a field saw stars for a few seconds but he 's alright … |
| 15 | March also saw developments for Leeds City reserves , when the club resigned from the Midland League to switch to the more suitable Central League . |
| 16 | He immediately took me up the tower , and — stepping out onto the balcony — I saw Oxford for the first time . |
| 17 | During eight American tours , two years in South America , and in South Africa , Australasia , India , and the Far East , thousands saw ballet for the first time . |
| 18 | The older boys immediately saw Piggy for what he looked like . |
| 19 | Mountbatten saw Charles for what he was and liked what he saw , and for the first time the growing Prince was given some real sense of his own worth . |
| 20 | The result : Des was airlifted out of the Gulf in mid-May and , on May 29 , at Arden Grange International Quarantine Kennels in Albourne , Sussex , Dave saw Des for the first time since March 23 . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , Colin and Wendy Parry , of Great Sankey , Warrington , saw hopes for their son Tim snatched away with the news that his condition has deteriorated in the intensive care unit of Liverpool 's Walton neurosurgical centre . |