Example sentences of "see [pers pn] from [art] [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 | His eyes grew dark , as they had been when Caroline had first seen him from the catwalk . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Stephen had seen it from the window of his room , its red , white and blue vivid in the twilight . |
| 6 | Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said . |
| 7 | It was likely that , just as Theodora had seen the car from the bridal path , Miss Dersingham could have seen it from the House . |
| 8 | He had seen it from the outside . |
| 9 | I 've seen it from the outside it 's quite erm |
| 10 | Maggie 's relation to them in space does n't change that much ; you can see them from the kitchen ; you ca n't from the bedsitting room . |
| 11 | ‘ I could see them from the window in that place . |
| 12 | Once outside , she breathed a sigh of relief , and strolled with Theda around the left of the house , next to Switham Thicket , so that Araminta would not see them from the window of her parlour . |
| 13 | Jed could see them from the car , drinking beers and swapping jokes . |
| 14 | I can see him from the kitchen window you see . |
| 15 | I can see him from the car park , his back to a large glass window . |
| 16 | And Miguelito could n't see him from the bank . |
| 17 | I mean my house is actually right next to it and also the people that live at Shilton Edge Farm erm and you can see it from the airfield or the Kencot Road . |
| 18 | and the shops behind the trees is n't it bushes ? , you ca n't see it from the road can you ? |
| 19 | You can see it from the bottom of our garden |
| 20 | ‘ No , you did n't have to , you little bitch ; I could see it from the minute we arrived ! |
| 21 | Perhaps the most important point is that , regardless of who may be at the launch point , the pilot alone bears the responsibility for accepting or rejecting the launch in the light of the situation as he sees it from the cockpit . |
| 22 | With the binoculars that they carried , they must have been able to see her from the moment that she set out . |
| 23 | I saw them from the penthouse bar |
| 24 | I saw them from the window and called to them that I would tell the police who they were . |
| 25 | so , erm , they rang and they rang , and they rang for a good twenty to twenty five minutes and we just erm , we , we all huddled together in the living room , and erm , anyway about half an hour went past , and then they finally went , we saw them , we live in a flat , and we saw them from the window , we saw them going back to the station you see . |
| 26 | Doubtless they describe the hard life of the villager and the poverty of his surroundings as Crabbe saw them : but he was not a peasant , as Clare was , and he saw them from the outside as harsh , ugly and wretched . |
| 27 | 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 . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I saw you from a distance this morning , did n't I ? |
| 29 | ‘ I saw you from the top of the tower . |
| 30 | He saw you from the window just now . ’ |