Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] from [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose . |
| 2 | There was sufficient daylight pushing in from outside to enable Elisabeth to take her bearings , but she needed the light of her torch to find the entrance to the narrow middle chamber . |
| 3 | Kahnweiler in Der Weg zum Kubismus is probably echoing conversations with Braque when he writes : ‘ Representation of the position of objects in space is done as follows : instead of beginning from a supposed foreground and going on from there to give an illusion of depth by means of perspective , the painter begins from a definite and clearly defined background . |
| 4 | They would sit out in their deckchairs in brilliant sunshine , surveying snow-covered range after magnificent snow-covered range , and while they took refreshment , take snapshots of one another , and chatter about the delights of a winter sports holiday in the Savoy Alps , the more energetic would be trudging up from below on seal skins or swooping by from above demonstrating their skill . |
| 5 | Max Gate , the house Hardy designed for himself on the edge of town , is stranded behind a new roundabout and it is difficult now to imagine him setting out from there to ride along the lanes with Kipling or H. G. Wells . |
| 6 | And through it all were shafts of golden splendour , shooting down from above to burnish the leaves with brilliance . |