1.   And everyone had a sense that they were witnessing history in the making.

2.   As a result, the fans did not get to witness history.

3.   At newspapers, where some of us feel obliged to witness history even at its most tedious, we stayed awake by having contests based on the trial managers.

4.   Blacks and whites squeezed together on the wooden benches, and a balcony gallery was filled with schoolchildren brought to witness history by their teachers and parents.

5.   All day Monday, print and network reporters wandered into the cramped space to witness history or, at the very least, hide from their editors.

6.   But the chance to witness history had drawn them to the marble corridors of the House.

7.   Cohen then witnessed Chinese history from up close, and participated in it as a hustler, political adviser, arms dealer and wartime prisoner of the Japanese.

8.   Few living directors have witnessed the history of Hollywood as Robert Wise has.

9.   He quickly explained to the officer that he had a date to witness history over at the Masters.

10.   In a sense, we were witnessing history before it took place.