Sentence examples for I recognised them from inspiring English sources

I recognised them from the boat.

I recognised them as company execs.

I recognised them as new arrivals by the look in their eyes.

Although I had never actually seen a tree of that kind before, I recognised them immediately.

But I recognised them instantly.

I recognised them from the train station in Milan.

You catch someone's eye and maybe you ask yourself, "Do I know this person?" This is a recognition task – a facial recognition task to be precise – and the answer is either a simple "Yes, I recognise them", or a "No, I've not seen them before".

Admittedly, it is more of a struggle to name the man behind the sculptural low seats in zingy colours on which we station ourselves for tea (the late Pierre Paulin, Charlotte tells me later), but I recognise them, and – perhaps more importantly – I recognise them as being exemplary of good late-20th-century design.

A lot of my anger issues have subsided, and when I slip into old habits I recognise them straight away and stop myself from going too far down those old paths.

Do I recognise them, looking at the dash of hot oranges and reds in his most vibrant work, or the penumbral gloom, say, of Winter Evening, Primrose Hill Study of 1974-5 wits itshardsds of reds and greens and twin white street lamps staring back at you from the murk?

I recognise them as one of the enemy teams silently stress preparing in the cafe the day before.