Example sentences of "[pron] saw from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw from the clock that Ben had run 10.03 , not as fast as Carl , who had gone below ten seconds again . |
| 2 | In fact , I saw from the station clock that I had timed my arrival just about perfectly . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What I saw from the air was a new runway , freshly mown and very inviting . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was a quarter past five , she saw from the clock on Bank Station . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |