Example sentences of "saw from the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Once they had set off , Mr Smith and Mr Jones , for all their being well into their middle years , proceeded to behave like schoolboys , singing coarse songs and making even coarser comments on all they saw from the window .
2	In fact , I saw from the station clock that I had timed my arrival just about perfectly .
3	I saw from the clock that Ben had run 10.03 , not as fast as Carl , who had gone below ten seconds again .
4	It was a quarter past five , she saw from the clock on Bank Station .
5	I 've never been to Germany since , never seen anymore of it than I saw from the air that day in 1945 , and I ca n't say I 've ever wanted to .
6	What I saw from the air was a new runway , freshly mown and very inviting .
7	Ruth did not have to finish what she had begun to say ; she saw from the look in their eyes that they understood her .
8	He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing .
9	Some of the bogs I saw from the train window had been ‘ harvested ’ , and rows of beehive-shaped ‘ peat cocks ’ stood like haycocks , awaiting collection .
10	I heard the word ‘ Engländer ’ and saw from the corner of my eye that they were looking at me .
11	She glanced up , met those extraordinary eyes , and saw from the mockery in them that she 'd been right .
12	One day , taking the children into central Birmingham , Anna saw from the bus window the name of the language school she had taught at , in Oxford , on a board outside a small office block .
13	he saw from the start that Piggy was a clever boy with many qualities , and he did not care about what Piggy looked like , but he knew as well that Piggy was evil like the rest of them .

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