Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the worn-down plug of an old volcano which stood out from the lowland plain . |
| 2 | ( See appendix letter 3 and letter 4 which shows the reply which came back from the parents . ) |
| 3 | At a corner table , three men and an ample woman in an apron played cards noisily , the slap of the cards punctuated by bursts of virtuoso coughing , that cavernous café cough which echoes up from the boots . |
| 4 | As a result they flew out from the hive at an angle of 85° to the right of where the food actually was . |
| 5 | I met a teacher recently , one of our best , the sort of charismatic individual with a ready smile , a mind full of anarchic ideas , a love of literature and an effortless but much practised classroom skill which bounces back from the interested eyes 0& his students . |
| 6 | Jotan indicated the second staircase , a precipitous exit which turned back from the landing and passed through the wall against which the props for the staging were supported . |
| 7 | Garotting gangs were said to work in threes — a ‘ front stall ’ and a ‘ back-stall ’ who acted is look-outs — and a ‘ nasty ’ man' who moved in from the rear : hug on' had been used by guards in the convict hulks in order to subdue troublesome prisoners , and that this was where the original garotting gangs had learned the art . |
| 8 | Rose listened , open-mouthed , and at the end of this recital she jumped down from the wicker basket and hugged Ruth all over again . |
| 9 | Kelly was excellent at right back , as was Dorigo on the left : once in the first half he stepped in from the left to tidy up the ball from charging Ippo players , strolled over to the right , and set up a counter attack down the flank , all with great ease ; he looks great . |
| 10 | Without a moment 's hesitation she jumped down from the platform of the bus , as the driver slammed on the brakes , swearing : ‘ Make up yer bleeding mind , for Gawd 's sake ! ’ |
| 11 | Yes , if we skip all the intermediate years with , after the war I came back from the army to find we 'd been bombed out and were living in requisition accommodation , after a time , the , we were moved into a new flat over some shops . |
| 12 | This too was connected by lines to a strangely designed gantry which jutted out from the wall . |
| 13 | The akroteria included mounted Amazons , a theme which carries on from the metopes . |
| 14 | He walked along the beach , past rows of low cedar huts , his bare feet kicking at the surf which swept in from the north , enjoying the cool water and the tickling sensation of sand being swept between his toes and around his ankles . |
| 15 | He was magnificent in doing his job and never surrendering , or even looking like surrendering the lead he built up from the green light . |
| 16 | As I entered the room he got up from the floor , drawing his sleeve across his mouth . |
| 17 | wrote to all the same places again this year and the response we got back from the schools was that this particular year they 've got nobody coming forward who they consider would |
| 18 | The glen and side of hill were closely becoming blanketed with a fine wet mist which soared in from the crest of the mountain , to shelter on the leeward side . |
| 19 | Travel the B1249 however , and even in the height of summer , the whole scene can be transformed by the mist which rolls in from the sea , shrouding the landscape in mystery . |
| 20 | In her plain blue suit she came down from the Clubhouse with two of the owners who seemed to want to be near the horses at ground level . |
| 21 | ‘ Father , the night you stay back from the club will be the night the shops are on fire , both of them . ’ |
| 22 | The girl in the chemist 's shop said the chemist would make up the prescription the minute he got back from the bank . |
| 23 | Forehand and McMahon ( 1981 ) have devised a Parent 's Game which continues on from the Child 's Game described in the previous chapter . |
| 24 | She is a historian , or more properly a micro-historian , and she is writing a history of our hillside — the road I walk up from the station and the various lanes and alleyways that open off it . |
| 25 | Ernest 's words were drowned in the call which went up from the ship , and the outburst of cheering from the Flamingo 's passengers . |
| 26 | The fourth and fifth relate to a long-standing debate about the purpose of RE — this is the " confessional " approach which starts off from the assumption of the truth of a particular religious viewpoint and seeks to nurture pupils within , or strongly encourage them towards accepting , that viewpoint . |
| 27 | He showed me how to fold up the ingenious mechanism of the daytime armchairs and slide them under a bed which pulled out from the wall . |
| 28 | An explosion of methane gas which seeped up from the ground in Derbyshire 5 years ago demolished a pensioner 's house . |
| 29 | Weber speaks for an individualism which starts out from the ‘ subjective meanings ’ which individuals attach to their actions and , when he moves to ideal types of rational action , his focus remains on individual choices . |
| 30 | Two hundred miles from land the fierce Amazon river stained the dark water darker , red with the silt it carries down from the secret jungles and mountains of the New World . |