Example sentences of "saw [prep] [art] distance " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peering ahead , Carol saw in the distance , and below , the roofs and chimneys of a town . |
| 2 | He turned yet another corner and saw in the distance a rare copse of evergreen trees close to the road . |
| 3 | Then Creggan saw in the distance two of the Men coming , the Keeper and one other . |
| 4 | Mrs Nicholas Beaumont , whose husband is Clerk of the Course , and whom I only saw in the distance ; Mr and Mrs Oliver Sherwood , Major and Mrs Peter Wiggin , Mr and Mrs Tim Dawson , Mr Harry Middleton , Mrs Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie , Colonel and Mrs Tommy Wallis , and their daughter Mrs Charles Baker ; Mr and Mrs John Guest , Mrs Tom Scott , Mr Peter Dimmock , and Mrs George Beeby . |
| 5 | In New Hope Copse she saw at a distance a man holding the hand of a small child , inclining to her the way adults do when walking with little ones , while his free arm swept the air to possess the oaks , the beeches , the ash . |