front-row seat

Not only is he there, he's got a front-row seat.

He found a front-row seat and settled down to wait, trying not to think back over the long road that had led him here.

Is it the desire to be in the front-row seat of history?

Three years ago, I had a front-row seat at an execution.

He prayed that she would not find herself a front-row seat at the conference.

"Let's find a front-row seat and wait for the curtain to go up."

And if not everyone had a front-row seat, at least the show was free.

To go to their parties is to have a front-row seat in the auditorium of life.

I've also had a front-row seat to the death of an airline.

From my front-row seat here for history, that dean never looked more wrong.