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01. The police are looking for people who may have [witnessed] a traffic accident which occurred yesterday at Douglas and Yates.
02. He was found guilty, thanks to the testimony of the [witness].
03. The [witness] gave an amazingly accurate description of the criminal - she even knew his eye color!
04. None of the [witnesses] wants to testify in the murder trial because they are afraid the suspect will kill them when he gets out of prison.
05. [Witnesses] to the crash of the Concorde say that one of the engines appeared to be on fire.
06. Lawyers are expected to call at least 10 [witnesses] to testify.
07. My sister acted as a [witness] at my wedding.
08. Canada has [witnessed] a fair bit of conflict between the French and the English over its history.
09. These legal documents are not valid unless there is a [witness] to the signatures.
10. According to a Hebrew proverb, admission by the defendant is worth a hundred [witnesses].
11. John Hershey once said that journalism allows its readers to [witness] history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.
12. There is a Spanish proverb which observes that life without a friend is death without a [witness].
13. The coronation of the King of Bhutan was [witnessed] by the international media for the first time in history in 1974.
14. To watch a cheetah chasing down prey is to [witness] one of the truly great sights of wild Africa.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • WITNESS — (Heb. עֵד, one that has personal knowledge of an event or a fact. The evidence of at least two witnesses was required for convicting the accused (Num. 35:30; Deut. 17:6; 19:15; cf. I Kings 21:10, 13). Commercial transactions of importance took… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Witness — Wit ness, n. [AS. witness, gewitnes, from witan to know. [root]133. See {Wit}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. Attestation of a fact or an event; testimony. [1913 Webster] May we with . . . the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Witness — • One who is present, bears testimony, furnishes evidence or proof Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Witness     Witness     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Witness (cd) — Witness (album) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Witness (homonymie). Witness Album par Witness Sortie 1994 Enregistrement 1994 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • witness — [n] person who observes an event attestant, attestor, beholder, bystander, corroborator, deponent, eyewitness, gawker, looker on, observer, onlooker, proof, rubbernecker*, signatory, signer, spectator, testifier, testimony, viewer, watcher;… …   New thesaurus

  • Witness — Wit ness, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Witnessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Witnessing}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of. [1913 Webster] This is but a faint sketch of the incalculable calamities and horrors we …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • witness — [wit′nis] n. [ME witnesse < OE (ge)witnes, witness, knowledge, testimony < witan, to know: see WISE1 & NESS] 1. an attesting of a fact, statement, etc.; evidence; testimony 2. a person who saw, or can give a firsthand account of, something… …   English World dictionary

  • witness to — ˈwitness to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they witness to he/she/it witnesses to present participle witnessing to past tense witnessed to …   Useful english dictionary

  • Witness — Wit ness, v. i. To bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The men of Belial witnessed against him. 1 Kings xxi. 13. [1913 Webster] The witnessing of the truth was then so generally attended with this event… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Witness — Título Único testigo (España) Testigo en peligro (Hispanoamérica) Ficha técnica Dirección Peter Weir Producción Edward S. Feldman …   Wikipedia Español

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