Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] from [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We sold the turf from there . |
| 2 | In part the popular movement was a response to the damaging effect of external assistance , in particular the money which entered the territories from outside . |
| 3 | Many mills met their fate in storms when they were ‘ tailwinded ’ , in other words , the wind caught the sails from behind after suddenly changing direction before the sails could be rotated . |
| 4 | and they moved the sink from there into that side place , you know , made that like a kitchen , but it 's , it 's rightly weird house well now |
| 5 | A third , small , anoraked figure approached the sergeant from behind where his two captives were kicking their legs like the rear end of a pantomime horse on speed . |
| 6 | The two approached the task from very different starting positions . |
| 7 | Almost all seemed very ill suited for the job at hand , because it was impossible to prevent the force that cracked the shell from also crushing the nut . |
| 8 | She found a voice from somewhere . |
| 9 | In both cases , the difference between shortest and longest repayment period involved a change from about 10 per cent to 50 per cent APR . |
| 10 | For God 's sake , come ! ’ shouted a voice from upstairs . |
| 11 | Such constant cannibalism and modification prevented the frieze from ever assuming a permanent shape , although it generated the most important work of the greatest decade of the artist 's career . |
| 12 | ‘ Okay , okay ! ’ came the voice from downstairs . |
| 13 | As we set course down the first valley low stratus blocked our way , and since squeezing underneath received a thumbs-down from both pilot and passenger , we orbited and asked for an IFR clearance . |
| 14 | ‘ Brace , you limp bastards ! ’ roared a voice from below . |
| 15 | ‘ Bloody good thing too , ’ came a voice from above . |
| 16 | ‘ Ahem , ’ came a voice from inside her helmet . |
| 17 | Th'gave un of thy own free will ! ’ came a voice from further down the room . |
| 18 | Before the dog could say more , there came a hissing from outside the wall . |
| 19 | " Stand to arms ! " came a cry from outside , and immediately everyone began to disperse in pandemonium ( and more than one tin of food was accidentally grabbed up in the confusion ) . |
| 20 | He received an LLD from both Aberdeen ( 1883 ) and Glasgow ( 1912 ) universities . |
| 21 | The ballroom welcomed the gentry from all over country . |
| 22 | Hated the CP from then on . |
| 23 | He cut it in and holed the putt from about 12 feet . |
| 24 | Exultant , she want to the bed and withdrew the portmanteau from beneath . |
| 25 | ‘ I had never heard of the area when I met a teacher from there in 1973 but we became friends and I started to visit . |
| 26 | Irena produced a suit from somewhere — I had nothing appropriate to wear and the Czechs dress up to go out — and on a cold wet evening Miroslav , who once behind his bassoon could n't stop smiling , dragged me in off Red Army Square where I 'd been waiting under an umbrella watching a group of Czech soldiers trying to stand up , and escorted me up to the balcony of the Fucik Hall to watch the performance . |
| 27 | I got a chicken from there other day , I went for a joint of pork I thought oh I 'll have a couple of them joints , fetch a couple back and er I says it 's not Christmas now you know . |
| 28 | Mr Philips further insisted : ‘ We were overwhelmed by the number of messages of support we received from across the North of Ireland , and we even got a phonecall from as far away as Greece . ’ |
| 29 | but you know that er our Susan wanted to go down to erm , get her hair done this morning so erm I says to her come up here , we 'll get a taxi from here we 'll go down the hairdressers and shall permission to collect our money , so we got a taxi from here down to erm what they call that street where er that erm oh dear me Street |
| 30 | He got a card from before have n't we ? |