Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] from [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words came mumbling up from beneath the bent head . |
| 2 | A recorded voice was booming out from behind the pay-booth where some Americans were pushing their jerky way through . |
| 3 | But soon , yes , she would have to take the telegram and walk to the shop and watch Enid fainting and Mother rustling out from behind the counter . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a Venusian lullaby , ’ the Doctor said , clambering up from behind the table and cramming his hat back on to his head . |
| 5 | They stopped outside a small house , single-storeyed , one window beneath its dripping , soggy thatch roof , and a battered ale-stake jutting out from beneath the eaves . |
| 6 | After a few moments , the dancers from the previous number could be seen filing out from behind the golden curtain , having exited on the far side of the stage ; their faces were slack and tired , their breathing hard . |
| 7 | Sometimes a particularly bold individual will risk a real attack , swooping in from behind the owl and striking at its plumage . |
| 8 | Ashley enquired , stalking out from behind the table to confront him . |
| 9 | I can remember Uncle Camillo playing with us , popping out from behind the chairs . ’ |
| 10 | I went over to the body nearest to me , the rubber soled Commando boots sticking out from under the blanket . |
| 11 | The man in white is thin and wiry with flashing black eyes and black hair sticking out from under the cap , wild looking . |
| 12 | And her outdoor boots were sticking out from under the bed . |
| 13 | His head sticking out from underneath the blankets . |
| 14 | The Teds were instantly recognised as symptomatic of the new ‘ classless ’ society and the ‘ affluent ’ breeze blowing in from across the Atlantic , a feeling that was massively reinforced by the wave of cinema riots that greeted the arrival of Bill Haley 's Rock Around the Clock in Britain . |
| 15 | Despite the heavy spices and thick white salt , the pork smelt rancid and his gorge rose as he saw insects crawling out from under the rim of the barrel . |
| 16 | It used to be very covert but now we are coming out from behind the bushes . ’ |
| 17 | Characters staggering out from between the pages on the Day of Judgment , brushing earth from their lips . |
| 18 | Tony inquired peeping out from under the bed . |
| 19 | Her hair was done on top like a cottage loaf with bits dangling around her ears , in which she had long red glass earrings , and peeping out from under the long russet-coloured dress were her brand new button-up boots . |
| 20 | From what I could see , peeping out from behind the lace curtains in the living-room , nobody was admitting to much . |
| 21 | Secure the door to the archway so that it is ajar , and stick the pixie 's head behind so that it is peeping out from behind the door . |
| 22 | He also noticed the other door in the far side wall , peeping out from behind the thick red arras . |
| 23 | The cold evening air washing in from off the water chilled his face , freshened him . |
| 24 | Note at lower right , slanting up from beneath the end of the silver lace chevron , the neatly stitched bottom edge of the patch on which the colour badge is worked . |
| 25 | There was a loud echo in the grounds of Wyvis Hall , Mary 's scream ringing back from off the wood and walls and starry waters , and Rufus , a town dweller who had never spent much time in the countryside , expected alarmed or annoyed people to arrive or the disconnected phone to start shrilling with complaints . |
| 26 | A trickle of water seeping out from under the rocks had damped the red clay of which the track was composed , making an ideal surface for the impression of tracks . |