Example sentences of "had a [adj] view of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had a close view of one of the pictures painted on the wall that he had not noticed before . |
| 2 | And then she glanced out of the main kitchen window , the one that had a partial view of the terrace ; Angelica looked as well , and saw that they had a few customers arriving and looking around uncertainly at the unstaffed deck . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They referred to Sutton as ‘ the soft school ’ and had a general view of Sutton pupils as ‘ backward ’ . |
| 5 | From the balcony of the Cross Keys — available for rent to tour parties during religious processions — you had a good view of all three . |
| 6 | From the open door of the shed he had a good view of Firelight grazing and she got to know where he was and would come up to the hedge close by and wait for titbits . |
| 7 | Allen stole forward to a point where he had a good view of the Waste . |
| 8 | He had a good view of the long shadowy main corridor . |
| 9 | This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Doyle crouched behind a hedge , a hundred yards from the house , in a position where he had a good view of the road in both directions . |
| 12 | Now I had a good view of the countryside . |
| 13 | He had a good view of the main road and the side track that climbed to the row , and he could see a part of the buildings themselves , small and neat and quiet . |
| 14 | As he pocketed it he said , with studied casualness , that the pub terrace had a good view of the river . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I climbed into the garden and crouched in the porch , from whence I had a good view of the street . |
| 17 | As I stood on the footbridge I had a good view of the station . |
| 18 | ‘ We all had a good view of you , yesterday , ’ said Ron , ‘ but not as good as it could be . ’ |
| 19 | On the top of one of the highest peaks I mounted , and had a good view of the plains below . |
| 20 | From the gateway of the quarry Grimma had a good view of the road all the way to the airport . |
| 21 | Blake had a good view of the world from the roof of the dome . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Had a good view of the first half chances , especially in the early period and despite the opportunities looking promising the finishing was really crap — the kop seemed to feel that we were never going to score and it was a relief that Deano actually managed to put it in the net from 6 yards . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | She had a good view of the hospital entrance , so she started her private game of guessing what the people were . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | From this vantage point he had a panoramic view of the grounds within his field of vision . |
| 28 | Mary , being over six feet tall , probably had a better view of the scene than her more traditionally built , runt-like Scottish companions , and she was enchanted by what she saw . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |