Alf Ramsey saw the shape of the future as far back as 1950 when a football team from the United States beat England, to English fans' disgust and American astonishment.

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Sasha saw the prickly shape of the bonsai silhouetted against the window near her head.

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Rausch saw a film taking shape from the narratives of the man and the two young women but couldn't figure out how to construct it.

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The iPod nano got an overhaul that saw it assume a squarer shape, the ability to handle video and bigger memory.

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The Gunners were rampant but Mowbray saw his team maintain their shape and discipline - and gradually ease their way into the contest.

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Diving on the Great Barrier Reef for several days, I saw a bewildering variety of corals in every shape and size.

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"I saw the house, it's in bad shape, " he was quoted as saying.

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Real signed one of the greatest players to have ever stepped onto a football field in the shape of Hungary's Ferenc Puskas in 1958 and saw off all comers until a Bela Guttmann-inspired Benfica broke the stranglehold in 1961.

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Many of the trends he saw unfold in the U.S. during those years are now taking shape elsewhere.

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The legendary developer behind the Halo series gave us our first, fleeting look at its new online shooter yesterday, and we saw a more matte vision of a post-apocalyptic sci-fi future taking shape.

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