Example sentences of "[pers pn] had a [adj] view " in BNC.
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| 1 | The toilets and bathrooms and showers were at the end of the hall on the second floor , and from my window I had a splendid view of the cathedral , whose Gothic , Renaissance and baroque styles mingled perfectly in the dark-rose-and-amber stone to give it almost the appearance of some natural rock formation . |
| 2 | I do n't know because I said to you oh I had a super view |
| 3 | The officer 's evidence will probably be in the following terms : ‘ I had a good view of the zebra crossing when I saw a pedestrian step on to the crossing limits from the footpath outside the Town Hall and walk about one third of the way across the crossing when the defendant drove in front of the pedestrian etc . ’ |
| 4 | Now I had a good view of the countryside . |
| 5 | I climbed into the garden and crouched in the porch , from whence I had a good view of the street . |
| 6 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 7 | From there I had a good view of a beautiful statue of the Madonna and Child lit by the flickering flames of candlelight , as well as of a small raised plinth of stone which I supposed marked the tomb of some notable . |
| 8 | I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions . |
| 9 | It had even been easy following them from the racecourse , as when I went out to where my driver had parked his car I had a clear view from a distance of Daffodil at the exit gate being spooned into a royal blue Rolls-Royce by Filmer and her chauffeur . |
| 10 | But I had a clear view of the table last night , and it was n't there . |
| 11 | ‘ I wo n't be fining him because I had a clear view of what happened and understand what he did and why he did it , ’ said manager Kevin Keegan . |
| 12 | When she came very near , I had a clear view of her face , turned brightly to the moonlight . |
| 13 | ‘ They awarded me a seat behind a pillar for this French farce , but foolishly I moved to a place where I had a full view of the stage . |
| 14 | I had a fine view from my sitting-room window . |
| 15 | I had a brief view of flailing arms and flying pans followed by a prolonged metallic clatter , then the little man reappeared like a projectile , turned right and sped away from me up the street . |
| 16 | Through its low branches I had a latticed view of the buildings that made up my home . |
| 17 | She had a good view of the hospital entrance , so she started her private game of guessing what the people were . |
| 18 | From the balcony of the Cross Keys — available for rent to tour parties during religious processions — you had a good view of all three . |
| 19 | From the top we had a wide view of the valley with its bands of colour : the blue of the river dotted with white sails , the green fields on either side , and the enclosing tan-coloured deserts . |
| 20 | For instance , on cinema nights we were always assured of good seats as one of his armourers was regularly on the door collecting tickets , and he made sure we had a good view . |
| 21 | Once again Benjamin used his warrant , pushing his way through the grumbling spectators until we had a good view of both the execution scene and Smithfield Common . |
| 22 | We were sat in the North Bank ( could n't get tickets for the Leeds end ) , and in the second half we had a good view of the amount of space that the Arsenal forwards were getting , it was unbelievable . |
| 23 | We had a good view of Sao Paulo as we flew over it — so massive , it looks bigger than New York , and you can almost see it grow as you watch it , because all round the outskirts of the city are straggling half-finished ‘ shanty town housing estates ’ , with dirt roads and little hut-like dwellings , as it seemed from the air . |
| 24 | Moraine boulders were piled in rounded heaps and we walked inland through tufted heaps of tussac grass , climbing well up the scree-covered slopes to picnic in a spot where we had a magnificent view of the Strait and the channels and islands further west . |
| 25 | It turned very cold in the evening , with the summit of the mountain periodically hidden in mist , but as the sun set we had a magnificent view . |
| 26 | ‘ We had a common view , ’ Lewis once conceded in a letter , but we had it before we met , ’ insisting that no one ever influenced Tolkien : ‘ You might as well try to influence a bandersnatch . ’ |
| 27 | From here , they had a marvellous view over Dennistoun and beyond . |
| 28 | A coachload of supporters made the 700-mile round trip to South Devon and they had a perfect view of the defence giving away two first half goals and Mitch Cook missing a penalty in the second . |
| 29 | From the roof they had a splendid view , not only of the proceedings below but also over the houses in King Street and Parliament Street , which forked at the end of Whitehall and led into Parliament Square . |
| 30 | The reason for this was that they had a different view of tradition from the locals and this caused them to turn to ‘ progressivist ’ ideas and to new ventures put forward by planners in order to effect an entry upon the local political scene . |