Example sentences of "see [pers pn] from a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've only ever seen them from a distance , ’ the old man whispered . |
| 2 | He had never been this close to him before , though of course he had seen him from a distance on parade , the short , brisk figure in green and white , dwarfed by the forest of cocked hats around , yet somehow contriving to dominate them all . |
| 3 | There 's always lots of action tho' football is a plus , We 've never been to Wembley but we 've seen it from a bus . |
| 4 | On the other hand , you know all there is to be known about me : born Bigley Road , Grays , in Essex , twenty-six years old , wife Alice … who says if she had met you afore me I would n't have had a look-in — and she only saw you from a distance . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I saw you from a distance this morning , did n't I ? |
| 6 | HMG 's total budget is P£4,000 per year , so maybe you should multiply all my figures by about three to see it from a minister 's perspective : the poor dears are trying to run the country on poverty-line wages . |
| 7 | Because of the mystique — and maybe the image — celebrities and VIPs are quite daunting to those who usually only see them from a distance . |