Example sentences of "[pers pn] see from the [noun] " 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 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |
| 6 | I saw from the papers some time back that you were acting again ; I 've followed every turn of your fortunes , I can tell yer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I see from the sitreps that a farmer has been escorted out of the BZ by the UN soldiers from the western sub-unit , for farming in an unauthorised area . |
| 9 | " I see from the outline that the lady is from Bradford . |
| 10 | He is a Professor , I see from the biography inside , and the E stands for Edward . |
| 11 | In fact I see from the note that accompanied the birthday card ( thank you ) that it seemed a particularly happy visit this time , and that you planned to come home in June ! |
| 12 | I see from the programme , that you have ahead of you Professor Dorrf 's report of current work at Bell , also presentation of material on recordal systems , and many other gifts straight from the horses ' mouths . |
| 13 | ‘ And what else did you see from the Ridgery ? ’ he asked more gently . |
| 14 | ‘ And what else do you see from the Ridgery besides unicorns ? ’ he asked . |
| 15 | Sister Rosa , Sister Rosa , what do you see from the turret ? |
| 16 | Jane Austen may seem in Sense and Sensibility to join with Edward in preferring cottages in good repair , even at the cost of the picturesque ; but on another occasion , in Northanger Abbey , she appears to side with Catherine , who is so delighted by the view of ‘ a sweet little cottage ’ among apple trees which she sees from the windows of the parsonage at Woodston that her enthusiasm even saves it from demolition . |
| 17 | It was a quarter past five , she saw from the clock on Bank Station . |
| 18 | Ruth did not have to finish what she had begun to say ; she saw from the look in their eyes that they understood her . |
| 19 | ‘ For the most part the smoke you see from the Ridgery is from fires lit by persons of a different sort . |
| 20 | There could be no grander nor more characteristic view of the mountains capes of these Atlantic Pyrenees than the one you see from the road or the slopes around Ahusquy . |
| 21 | George , our guide for the day , was unwilling to be drawn : ‘ It 's a good climb , but you see from the rings — it 's dangerous . |
| 22 | There 's a common interest of course of avoiding war for most people anyway , but there 's also a common interest we know related to environmental issues and that can not be dealt with by each country , each country may have unique environmental problems but environmental problems straddle erm boundaries of countries as we saw from the Chernobyl problem of some years ago . |
| 23 | Onomatopoeic effects are generally of this kind , as we see from the opening sentence of D. H. Lawrence 's Odour of Chrysanthemums ( see 3.4 ) : The small locomotive engine , Number 4 , came clanking , stumbling down from Selston with seven full wagons . |
| 24 | All these were themes of some contemporary importance , and , as we see from the Treasurer 's reports , money was voted for the expenses of the various eminent people drawing them up . |
| 25 | As we see from the passage I just quoted from Barthes , the work or labour that the writer puts into composing his text is brushed aside as of no importance . |
| 26 | What we see from the Opposition spokesman is more confusion in the Labour party . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |