Example sentences of "[v-ing] from [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She peered through the glass door , half inclined to look for Dana in the bigger stores , when she was riveted by the sight of her twin appearing from behind a curtain . |
| 2 | Like the sun peering from behind a cloud , Arty began to brighten and beam again . |
| 3 | I thought she was going to hit me : her hand which was already formed in a fist , went up — but she used it only to swipe at a cat scuttling from under a bush towards the door . |
| 4 | With Mario , you felt that if you were walking through the wilds and a bear came bellowing from behind a tree , Mario would seize its paw , shake it vigorously and tell it a good story . |
| 5 | It was then that Mayne noticed light coming from under a door . |
| 6 | ‘ But it 's all balls , ’ Richards said , emerging from behind a newspaper . |
| 7 | Thus he seems to be arguing from within a position which holds that aggression is an innate attribute of sufficient strength that it needs to be redirected in some way for it not to manifest itself in interhuman relations . |
| 8 | He would be certain , positive , that he was about to walk Into a tree , or a post or sign he had n't noticed ; even that somebody had been watching from behind a tree and was about to leap out and punch him hard on the nose . |
| 9 | We thrive on layers ; a cashmere scarf here , a brocade waistcoat there , a cotton skirt peeking from beneath a denim one . |