Example sentences of "from [num] [noun] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Andy Dannatt lost the ball in the tackle and from the scrum Edwards sent 18-year-old winger Jason Robinson sidestepping through from 30 yards out for a sparkling try . |
| 2 | The coat to be trimmed with lustrous black mohair flat braid … all around the bottom , the front edges , the collar , and from six inches upward from the bottom along both side openings to the skirt , with braid 1¼ inches wide … |
| 3 | Tiler shot high and wide from six yards out in the 75th minute after Jackson headed off the line from Glover 's fierce shot , and Southall made a near miraculous one-handed save from Woan in the dying seconds . |
| 4 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
| 5 | No British team have ever come back from three goals down in the history of European competition . |
| 6 | Last year Mr Bush came from 17 points behind at the polls when a skilful advertising campaign persuaded voters that Michael Dukakis , the Liberal governor of Massachusetts , was soft on crime . |
| 7 | He made one of his expostulatory noises , seldom employed but powerful , and looked at her carefully from ten feet away in the water , lifting his spectacles to the bridge of his nose and then having to peer under them because they were crusted with salt , raising his head rather merrily , like a sea lion balancing a ball on its snout . |
| 8 | The speed of transmission varies from 6 minutes down to a matter of seconds per A4 page , depending on the type of fax machine used . |
| 9 | Each eye is about a centimetre across and is packed with up to 4 million light receptors , lit through an opening which can be varied from 3 millimetres down to a tiny 0.4 millimetres . |
| 10 | Do not carry feelings of rejection from one situation over into the next . |
| 11 | Starting from two feet away from the hole , position five balls at intervals of two feet in a straight line to the hole . |
| 12 | Apart from two periods apart from the beginning of the fifteenth century , and I think in certain respects in our own day , and for the rest of the time we were dass land ohne muziek the land without music , I fear . |
| 13 | Citalia ( 081–680 5336 ) offers holidays from two days up to a fortnight , with B&B prices from around £259 per person . |
| 14 | At the present time the Council Tax Demands and payment voucher books are being printed , they will start to be issued by the Post Office from 20 April onwards over a period of about one week . |
| 15 | From down on deck , the cliffs rise up to the sky , quite blotting out the sun ; from 400 feet up at the viewing platform on Contractors Hill the passing tramps , container vessels and car carriers look like toys . |