Example sentences of "and [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | This doorway was made high in order to permit laden waggons or carts to enter the barn and to unload from the threshing floor into the bays . |
| 2 | A wire stretched from the contraption at the top out towards the school and hanging from it was a dangerous-looking wooden basket , big enough to hold a single person . |
| 3 | The bodice was plain and ribbed to the waist , and hanging from two loops at the side was a fine red suede belt . |
| 4 | And hanging from a hook in its holster , her father 's army revolver . |
| 5 | There was a turquoise stone set in a pendant and hanging from a fine gold chain at Debbie 's throat . |
| 6 | Some of the houses stood out by dint of their brightly painted front doors but mostly the only sign of decoration was the washing on the lines and hanging from windows . |
| 7 | There are African masks and Polynesian sculptures bought at Sotheby 's ; goats ' skulls slung over doors ; and hanging from the walls are his own canvases — massive primitive paintings that he says are fertility symbols of women . |
| 8 | By the wall stood a rattan couch with cushions ; and hanging from a bracket by the open french windows was a small brightly polished bell with a faded maroon tassel hanging from the clapper . |
| 9 | It does this by gripping the silk with its back legs and hanging from it . |
| 10 | Driving through the market place I thought again that Darrowby on Christmas Day was like Dickens come to life ; the empty square with the snow thick on the cobbles and hanging from the eaves of the fretted lines of roofs ; the shops closed and the coloured lights of the Christmas trees winking at the windows of the clustering houses , warmly inviting against the cold white bulk of the fells behind . |
| 11 | Greenery was everywhere , in bowls and screens and hanging from the open balustrades , giving the teahouse the look of an overgrown garden . |
| 12 | I see me in my shame , the horror of this hour ; mascara fallout littering my face like ashes , my skin dank with the sweat of Crilly and myself , my underwear torn and hanging from my hips , and me , small and stoned and sobbing , beneath the stern emphatic white of Siobhan 's cross . |
| 13 | Infants who die of dehydration , their tongues blackened ( their mothers say ) and hanging from their mouths , compete for attention with equally brutal images of thirst-driven sertanejos who walk hundreds of kilometres to escape the drought of the sertão or hinterland . |
| 14 | The first pack concentrated on the individual 's renewal of personal faith , the second looked at the need for the Church itself to be open to , and continually responsive to the message of Christ through growth , development and change from within . |
| 15 | Today I want you to turn that corner and change from a feeling of ‘ I 'm never going to do it ’ to ‘ I will do it ’ . |
| 16 | Once you 've made the choice , though , stick to it throughout the publication , do n't chop and change from one style to another . |
| 17 | Statistics already show that black women , less susceptible to the street violence and drug problems that undermine their brothers , are now more likely than black men to matriculate and graduate from university . |
| 18 | The second story came from Branson himself , and arose from a tip-off from a journalist named Carla Dobson who worked as the assistant to the Daily Mail gossip-columnist Nigel Dempster . |
| 19 | This move of resources into the community was entirely unplanned and arose from local initiatives . |
| 20 | For the rest of the war Youth Allyah depended on its own brave attempts at self-sufficiency and , when these failed , on charitable appeals and grants from the RCM . |
| 21 | There are now several benefits — family credit , free school meals , housing benefit and grants from the Social Fund , for example — that can help families in financial need , but the processes of application and appeal for these are complex enough to warrant the assistance of social workers in many instances . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , you no longer get tax relief on home improvements ( nor on the extended part of a mortgage used for home improvements ) , and grants from local councils have also been cut back quite dramatically . |
| 23 | The young man scanned the paper , held it out , and as James 's fingers reached for it , dropped it , eyed him , and said in a carrying voice , ‘ I see you are mad , but does even a lunatic suppose that one of His Majesty 's officers would bind himself to oppose the law and refrain from arresting criminals ? ’ |
| 24 | respect confidential information obtained in the course of professional practice and refrain from disclosing such information without the consent of the patient/client or a person entitled to act on his/her behalf except where disclosure is required by law or by order of a court , or is necessary in the public interest . |
| 25 | Although the written text may be very general and refrain from referring either to men or women , the illustrations make a definite point for the majority contain male figures . |
| 26 | Servants too ought to be diligent and refrain from gaming and other dissolute pursuits , although at the same time they were fully entitled to ‘ competent wages and clothing with trew payments of the same ’ . |
| 27 | We urge you to suspend censorship of the media and refrain from all other repressive measures that inhibit the free flow of information and the practice of independent journalism . |
| 28 | Therefore bide your time and refrain from all action , until I send you word that you may come with my warranty to the council table . |
| 29 | He expressed approval for the concept " that when able-bodied adults receive government assistance , they have responsibilities to the taxpayer : a responsibility to seek work , education , or job training , a responsibility to get their lives in order , a responsibility to hold their families together and refrain from having children out of wedlock , and a responsibility to obey the law . " |
| 30 | They acknowledge that elephants and man , for instance , have a very close relationship , having climbed the evolutionary ladder side by side , losing hair together , returning to and re-emerging from the sea again , growing warm blood , emotion and long memories . |