command a view
Example Sentences
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The Woodring porch would command a view of their back yards, and little else.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miss Kenton seated herself on the bench provided, while I remained on my feet where I could command a view of the approaching bus.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
The pond is not a large one - a quarter of a mile around its perimeter perhaps - so that by stepping out to any promontory, one can command a view of its entirety.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
These he led forward, listening carefully as before, and placed them at certain spots where they could command a view both of the open country and the forest.
From The Animal Story Book by Various
You must go to the right, so as to lay yourself in such a position as to command a view of this little dell and the river.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
