Example sentences of "[verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 2 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 3 | Saline soils form near the sea when salts are blown inland from spray in summer , or in salt-laden snow lifted from sea ice in winter . |
| 4 | That the country would be lifted from recession should Neil Kinnock step aside in my favour counts for nothing . |
| 5 | This is fine — it means that the newcomers can act from day one . |
| 6 | Her the answer is simple : strip off the paint from window and frame , back to bare wood , then repaint from scratch . |
| 7 | To tide it over , the government will seek from parliament a limited spending authority . |
| 8 | A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support . |
| 9 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 10 | The tips of the fingers and toes are equipped with sucker-like discs that help them to cling on , and the long tail is used as a balance and brake when leaping from branch to branch . |
| 11 | Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’ |
| 12 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 13 | As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly . |
| 14 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
| 15 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
| 16 | She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock . |
| 17 | Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action . |
| 18 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
| 19 | £150,000 WORTH OF PRIZES TO BE WON from Magnet and Neff |
| 20 | The campaigns in Brittany had offered a foretaste of what might be gained in loot and ransoms , but the expeditions to Aquitaine and Normandy were of much greater importance in demonstrating how much wealth might be won from war . |
| 21 | These devices protected the integrity of the inheritance , and both the patronage of the crown and the wealth won from war enabled many inheritances to grow larger in the course of Edward III 's reign . |
| 22 | Playing squash was the only time Penny wore a bra — without it , as she said , her boozums would bounce from wall to wall faster than the ball . |
| 23 | This would have been a stage towards the best-remembered dance sequence in the film , prominently featured in That 's Entertainment ! ( 1974 ) , when they go ‘ Dancing In The Dark ’ in a fantasy Central Park , she in a pleated white skirt and flat shoes , he in a light sport jacket and slacks , just as they 've come from rehearsal . |
| 24 | We have come from eternity and his shortlived being has a past stretching beyond thought , and it will have a life stretching on ; and it is this immortal part that is the hidden being . |
| 25 | Andrew Ridgley and I had both just come from school about nine months before we took off with WHAM ! |
| 26 | It is also the case that the great majority of students entering advanced courses in art and design have come from foundation courses , a few having come from school with GCE A level passes in art . |
| 27 | Yeah , but looking at college like I 've come from school like , and I never liked it at school . |
| 28 | Willy used to come from school and she used to come up me mum 's house with a , so could have a suck of the tit he would 've come from school and you 'd expect him the night at me mam 's house |
| 29 | The Station Chief would have come from home because he wore no tie and he was draped in an old windbreaker , probably the first coat to hand on the pegs by his front door . |
| 30 | ‘ Look at John King at Tranmere , who 's come from non-League . |