Example sentences of "in the distance [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the distance we can hear cowbells . |
| 2 | We then followed the River Orwell to the bridge before going home in the distance we could see other aircraft . |
| 3 | Up and down different ones , different loch and er you could see Inveraray Castle in the distance we , er after we married we went to Inveraray Castle , went over it |
| 4 | In the distance we heard a whoop-whoop siren . |
| 5 | In the distance we could hear the outside telephone bell at the farmhouse . |
| 6 | Then in the distance they heard the sound of a door shutting very quietly . |
| 7 | In the distance they heard the noise of the horn . |
| 8 | They drank their beers and smiled at each other and in the distance they heard a street procession wending its noisy way in their direction . |
| 9 | If you look east , in the distance you 'll see the peaks of Aran Benllen and Aran Fawddwy . |
| 10 | Ambulances were screaming back and forth , and then in the distance I could hear the rumble of tanks … |
| 11 | In the distance I could see a habited Deaconess clearing away the vessels from the early Communion service . |
| 12 | In the distance I could see two flagstaffs , one with the Union Jack fluttering , the other with the blue flag and stars of New Zealand . |
| 13 | Another bonus arrived within a week , when I had the first glimpse from the sea of the opposite coastline of Koraloona , with its empty sandy beaches and the great dormant volcano of High Island rearing up behind it , while in the distance I could even make out Hodges , the copra island . |
| 14 | In the distance I used Quink ink with its more blue tinge and in parts diluted this to maintain a lightness of touch . |
| 15 | In the distance I could hear something , something I had to pay attention to . |
| 16 | In the distance I heard the crackle of gun-shot . |
| 17 | In the distance I could see a faint light , and I decided to try to reach it . |
| 18 | In the distance I hear Pa call , ‘ All right , Elizabeth . |
| 19 | In the distance I could see the rock-girl Acropolis crowned by the ruins of the Parthenon . |
| 20 | Somewhere in the distance I heard the growl of thunder . |
| 21 | When they crested a wooded hill shortly before sunset and saw cultivated fields stretching down towards a small village in the distance it took all her will-power not to beg that they stop there for the night . |
| 22 | In the distance she heard a car engine , normally a sound which compelled curiosity but now of no interest . |
| 23 | In the distance she could see a bus winding along the narrow lanes . |
| 24 | In the distance she could hear a train coming and could see the yellow lights of the oil lamps in the signal box . |
| 25 | In the distance she heard another car , and putting up her arms began to run towards it , waving and shouting . |
| 26 | In the distance she saw Fräulein , carrying a flower basket . |
| 27 | When a car engine sounded in the distance she said with evident relief : ‘ That will be uncle , I expect . ’ |
| 28 | In the distance she could hear the soporific music . |
| 29 | In the distance she heard the faint sounds of voices from the pool , and her dazed eyes rested on the green palm trees out on the terrace , while the dim light of the courtyard shut out the horrors of the morning , and she saw the gleaming white tower of a mosque against the deep sky and the far-off mountains , just as they had looked in the travel brochures . |
| 30 | In the distance she could hear the rumble of a local farmer 's combine , busily gathering in this year 's corn harvest , while from an upstairs window floated the happy laughter of Emma and Sophie , mingling with the busy hum of bees in the nearby lime trees . |