Example sentences of "saw [pers pn] [vb infin] " 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 | Eight of their first 10 concerts were in Leeds but a rare excursion saw them appear at the Old Bell pub in Derby . |
| 6 | Not long afterwards , watching , he saw them appear on the roof They looked around for a moment and then went down . |
| 7 | My husband was in the fields and he saw them blow up our new house . |
| 8 | Coarse Angling team saw them finish in fourth place , just 10 points away from a medal position , in the World Freshwater Angling Championships . |
| 9 | I saw them gleam in the lamp-light . |
| 10 | He studied them , smoothing the fragile skin of her hand , and saw them falter shut , and heard her breathing soften and settle . |
| 11 | When those silly women went to the downstairs powder room , I saw them go . |
| 12 | No-one saw them go . |
| 13 | No one saw them go . ’ |
| 14 | And they do n't take their shoes off when they go in , cos we saw them go in did n't |
| 15 | Of course her father saw them arrive but he never mentioned them . |
| 16 | ‘ I saw them arrive in Paris on the television , ’ Terry went on . |
| 17 | A witness says she saw them knock on the door . ’ |
| 18 | He saw them bind the arm of the man he had wounded . |
| 19 | The men motioned me to go away , and after they had looked at Jordi 's papers I saw them escort him to a car . |
| 20 | But I saw them , I saw them face to face . |
| 21 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 22 | it was a dismal ending to David Sole 's and Iwan Tukalo 's distinguished careers but the Scots ' inability to withstand the Wallabies ' dominance in the set pieces and their slick attack saw them suffer two comprehensive losses . |
| 23 | Hugo looked at his contemporaries , less clever than himself , and saw them outstrip him . |
| 24 | Saw them clear as daylight . |
| 25 | If both prisoners stay mum , the police have a witness who saw them co-operate on a lesser crime , one that would put them both behind bars for two years . |
| 26 | He saw them lay out food on the grass beneath both trees . |
| 27 | Permit me to deliver to you the infamous smuggler Cut-throat Jake , his vile accomplices in crime , and the contraband spirit which , with our own eyes , we saw them bring on shore ! |
| 28 | When the Cruithin said , ‘ The Enchantment is lost to us , ma'am , ’ Grainne turned to them , her eyes brilliant , and said , ‘ But we shall find it again , ’ and saw them nod and smile , and felt suddenly and deeply happy . |
| 29 | He slid between two planes , Church and Killion and saw them circle and follow him down . |
| 30 | A five-metre scrum in the closing minutes saw them splinter the Quins pack for Charles to touch down . |