Example sentences of "and in [art] distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aroma of incense and in the distance a terrifying version of Santa Claus , haloed in light and shadow as he swung a lamp and chanted hunting sounds . |
| 2 | Wherever I turn my eyes , I only see gardens and in the distance the finest castles … |
| 3 | From the upper room in which he worked , Ransome could see the river and the mouth of Levington Creek , with Harwich Harbour beyond , and in the distance Landguard Point and the open sea . |
| 4 | Lights were already showing back down the road along which they had come , and in the distance there was the sound of shots being fired . |
| 5 | to have good eyesight ( or good specs ) for seeing close up and in the distance ; |
| 6 | To the south , Inverpolly National Nature Reserve , crowded with dramatic mountains : Suilven , Stac Polly , Cul Mor and Cul Beag ; and in the distance , beyond the crags of Coigach , the peaks and pinnacles of Fisherfield in Wester Ross . |
| 7 | Westwards , glimmering on the green Atlantic lies misty Skye , and in the distance , Lewis , the ‘ heather isle ’ of the Outer Hebrides . |
| 8 | Willie Bond , the postman , was pushing his bicycle along the road to Nidden , at the end of his last delivery , and in the distance the rector could see Ella vanishing down the alley that led to Lulling Woods and Dotty Harmer 's house . |
| 9 | Even before I met him I 'd admired a North Shore picture of his which showed the Kam Highway as it meandered out of the hills and down into Haleiwa , flanked by pineapple plantations and clumps of trees , and in the distance the Pacific , rippling with big waves . |
| 10 | He could hear John breathing , and in the distance , distinguish the dim shape of the sapper . |
| 11 | Their eyes met and in the distance a romantic gypsy began playing — Ned knew that from that moment on he could n't live without her ! |
| 12 | He could see part of the canal , part of a garden , barges loaded with potatoes , a rear view of houses being pulled down by workmen , and in the distance rows of trees and street lamps , a complicated little almshouse with its gardens , and finally a grand expanse of roofs . |
| 13 | It was fairly large , with a stove — even a small balcony , from which he could see the heath , huts , and in the distance one of the lifting bridges typical of the region . |
| 14 | After a few yards the sea appears once more on your left , and in the distance , a railway viaduct crossing the bay . |
| 15 | We then passed beneath a ranch fence : Parque Nacional Torres del Paine , it announced , and in the distance over a range of low brown grasslands were the sharp spires of a dozen oddly-shaped mountains , twisted and contorted and coloured like no other mountains we had ever seen before . |
| 16 | And then it was over , and Jennifer was left alone to watch as the gravediggers , tumbled the pile of earth and stones down onto the coffin , with the wind bending the sea pinks and the guillemots balancing on the upcurrents , and in the distance a farmer 's wife called " Pru-it ! " to her cow . |
| 17 | Outside cowbells can be heard and in the distance a group of Masai enters the landscape driving their animals ; despite the fierce colours of their robes , completely at home in this brown and ochre world . |
| 18 | Laughter and a smell of cut grass rose from the lawns , and in the distance children played tennis . |
| 19 | But it was little more than a hamlet : a fine but small Norman church , an inn , a few houses and cottages and in the distance , farm buildings . |
| 20 | Although the landscape did not disappoint me nearly as severely as it did Johnson — subsequent farmers have grown many trees , and in the distance a great house still touches the sky — Monboddo may no longer be considered a classical Scottish fortified house . |
| 21 | I decided to put sections of the lake and river systems in the background , allowing an impression of the vegetation on the banks and in the distance to give a general idea of which part of a river or what type of lake was shown . |
| 22 | Only a few gondolas glided past , and in the distance barges laden with fruit and vegetables were being taken to a market . |
| 23 | Far below , down across the wide sun-drenched valley , she could see the huge red dome of the church at Mosta , and in the distance the spires of Valletta and the blue sea beyond . |
| 24 | There was a narrow-gauge rail track stretching away through acres of cut cane , and in the distance a little tank engine panting wisps of smoke as a gang of men loaded its trailer wagons . |
| 25 | Ahead of them was Sir Walter Raleigh Park and in the distance , the highest point on the cliffs , Sea House . |
| 26 | Fog was creeping in over the island and in the distance the deep boom of a foghorn sounded , echoing her own sudden melancholy . |
| 27 | A Screech , and in the distance appeared a bat , another fireball took care of it … |
| 28 | A Screech , and in the distance appeared a bat , another fireball took care of it … |
| 29 | She could see waterfalls cascading down some of the mountain-sides and in the distance a lake . |
| 30 | He could see people and creatures on the ground below , and in the distance shapes moved under the desert sands . |