When they did get a sight of goal Craig Gardner, who had latched on to a Bowyer lay-off, could only send a shot from the edge of the box high and wide.

BBC: Birmingham 1-1 Manchester United

United were struggling to get a clear sight of Barcelona's goal, and in a bid to remedy this problem Ferguson sent on Dimitar Berbatov for Park with 25 minutes remaining.

BBC: Barcelona 2-0 Man Utd

Arsenal were struggling to get a clear sight of Burnley's goal, and Wenger made an alteration when he introduced Eduardo for Theo Walcott, who was subdued throughout.

BBC: Burnley 1-1 Arsenal

"At the beginning, I was told that was the best for him because generally, monkeys live off the back of the mom, " she said, adding the monkey would "get into a panic attack" when she was out of sight.

BBC: 'Ikea monkey' owner asks for her pet back

After a tense week or so - it took the Germans several attempts to get sight of the briefcase's contents - photographs of the falsified documents made it to Hitler's desk.

BBC: Operation Mincemeat: How a dead tramp fooled Hitler

Campaigners also want to see people given more education about how to manage money which might help flag up the pitfalls of what at first sight seems like a straight forward way to get yourself some fast cash.

BBC: Wonga: Premier personal finance player?

With NaNoWriMo well underway and writers around the globe hammering away at their keyboards like crazed woodpeckers trying to get at that tasty grub hidden just out of sight, I thought it might be a good idea to take a step back for a second.

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