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Example sentences for "better view"

  • Amidst the uproar, which did not cease, little Princess Rosemonde rose enthusiastically to get a better view.

  • The voice was that of Pierre, who, letting Santobono climb into the carriage alone, had in his turn come round to the rear of the house in order to obtain a better view of the ruined aqueduct among the parasol pines.

  • Marie, who was quietly fastening her dress, smiled at his glee and brought him nearer, in order that he might have a better view of the toy.

  • A mob of inquisitive people had already scaled it in part, like sight-seers waiting for a display of fireworks; and they were all raising themselves on tiptoe, and craning their necks to get a better view.

  • He found a small opening, or tunnel, which I had cut through the foliage in order to get a better view.

  • Now he is in a small open space, where the bush is cut away, so as to afford a better view.

  • He changed his place a few times, but only to get a better view.

  • Then, of a sudden, catching a better view perhaps of the solitary figure above them, the mob became silent.

  • Sam left Thorpe and the detective and wormed his way nearer the shore, to a position where he could obtain a better view of the cabin.

  • He stepped back a pace, thinking to obtain a better view.

  • You don't really think as I chose th' other summer-house because it had a better view?

  • With the moon behind their backs, they had a better view of it than before; but this, though enabling them to perceive that it was some strange quadruped, did not in any way improve their opinion of it.

  • From its summit they would have a better view of the country beyond; and perhaps discover a place suitable for an encampment; perhaps some timber might then come into view, from which they would be able to obtain a few sticks.

  • By the time they had finished this operation, the mist had become sensibly thinner; and the moon, suddenly emerging from under a cloud, enabled them to obtain a better view of the shore upon which they had set foot.

  • Approaching cautiously he soon obtained a better view of the shore just below the slope.

  • He felt safer now, and could obtain a better view of the Post and its surroundings.

  • At once a half-smothered cry of astonishment escaped his lips, and pushing aside the man nearest him, he put his face close to the hole to obtain a better view.

  • He sat bolt upright that he might obtain a better view of the skins hanging around him.

  • From these people the actors collected what money they could, while those who were better able to pay were accommodated on the platform above the stables, which commanded a better view of the play.

  • In order to get a better view we mounted the adjoining hill, from which we could see a portion of the rising town of Barrow-in-Furness.

  • And also if you ask why, when through the glass I got a better view of the poor devil about to be strung, I felt kind towards him, you have me speechless again.

  • The boys climbed a big tree to obtain a better view of the proceedings of the ruffians, as they still called them, though they had reduced themselves to something like an organization.

  • The Adjutant had ridden forward a little ways to where he could get a better view.

  • Si's gun was already cocked, and he bent his head {35}forward eagerly, to get a better view.

  • Shorty, trying to get a better view of his face.

  • I turned over upon my knees, and seizing the huge blade, bent it down before me, so as to obtain a better view of its surface.

  • I had purposely drawn my horse some distance from the walls, so that I might command a better view.

  • I sprang to my saddle to get a better view, and gazed over the tops of the trees.

  • The boy was about to raise himself for a better view, when, from the water, a sound came to his ears.

  • A little to his left, a projecting block of rock a few feet below offered a chance for a better view.

  • If he had gone down there and through the woods and over the rocks to the water, he could have got no better view of the open lake,--and Hugh had been in haste.

  • He began to pull apart and bend back the little trees to get a better view of the old stump.

  • Her imprecation caused a stir among the idlers, who pressed forward to learn what was the matter and to obtain a better view.

  • Chares cried, standing up to get a better view.

  • The spectators devoured it with their eyes, pressing against the soldiers in the hope of getting a better view.

  • Both of them were desirous of understanding the situation, and they went upon the upper deck in order to obtain a better view of the other vessels.

  • From there he had gone to the hurricane deck, in order to obtain a better view.

  • They are getting out a boat, sir," said Don, who had gone to the hurricane deck to obtain a better view.

  • Karl and I trudged on for some miles to a little `kop,' where we hoped to get a better view round.

  • We now take a peep round, and get a better view by stooping low down, the underwood and branches not being so thickly leaved close to the ground.

  • The snake was very artful, and waited quite quietly until I stooped a little to get a better view, when he darted out his head, making a sort of lunge at me; he opened his tremendous jaws as he came, and then suddenly drew back.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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