Example sentences of "from [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I lie in a ditch during the short rest and watch Jake the Algerian move along the road just ahead of me exclaiming ‘ A la attack ’ , a voice from somewhere along the road shouts , ‘ Oh , piss off ’ . |
| 2 | A trill of song from somewhere outside the trench . |
| 3 | Sometimes my own phone rings , and the voice that answers it is here inside the room , emerging from somewhere about the point where my two shirtsleeves meet . |
| 4 | The conversation was picked up from somewhere off the floor once dessert arrived and the three of them were talking again . |
| 5 | It appeared to be coming from somewhere to the right , the bullets were hitting the house high up and smashing through the windows of one of the bedrooms . |
| 6 | A loud slam from somewhere on the floor below put an end to further reluctance . |
| 7 | From somewhere on the hillside I could hear the clip-clop of a cow 's feet . |
| 8 | The last communication had been a letter from somewhere on the west coast of America , and my eventual reply had been returned ‘ not known at this address ’ . |
| 9 | Although he was pleased that they had managed to set everything up on time , he continued to mutter about the remaining android being alive , threatening them from somewhere on the planet . |
| 10 | And the audience laughed , with relief rather than humor , and from somewhere at the back someone clapped loudly , making the laughter rise again before it subsided into silence . |
| 11 | Voices came from somewhere at the back — probably the kitchen : families seem to favour the kitchen as an assembly point in times of crisis . |
| 12 | From somewhere at the rear of the house came the slam of a door . |
| 13 | An oystercatcher screamed from somewhere at the end of the beach , warning its young . |
| 14 | He 'd acquired a gasoline kicker engine from somewhere with an exhaust that run and he had made during picked up from scraps and stuff and made it , so where he had a tub right on top of this gasoline engine . |
| 15 | from somewhere across the city came the lonely scream of a police car . |
| 16 | The last chime quivered away on the night air , and from somewhere behind the bar emerged the local hero , Miguelito the mystery man . |
| 17 | The girl bent to stroke one of the cats , murmuring to it , and from somewhere behind the hall came the cooing of doves . |
| 18 | The girl had arrived from somewhere in the north early in the season . |
| 19 | His evidence was the migration of the water hen ( Tribonyx ventralis ) , which arrived in enormous numbers in November from somewhere in the north , and returned again after only two or three months . |
| 20 | From somewhere in the back Cecilia could hear that sound she had never been able to identify and had not liked to ask about , a regular screeching as made by a bird in a zoo . |
| 21 | The mirror was full of a huge white-shirted arm coming from somewhere in the back seat to encircle my throat . |
| 22 | The family came from somewhere in the West Country . |
| 23 | From somewhere in the darkness , Sophie made little , stricken noises , all on an indrawn breath . |
| 24 | From somewhere in the capital , by our intrepid reporter : The dog dirt injected into my pulsing thighs by a beautiful buck-naked half-robot half-Samoan woman was finally starting to take effect . |
| 25 | But from somewhere in the fog of received wisdom and what passed for it , struggling to be heard above the sound of cracking whips , a persistent and unrepentant voice relayed a subversive message . |
| 26 | From somewhere in the house she heard a sound and to cover it spoke again . |
| 27 | There was a scream from somewhere in the house ; the chatter of voices quietened briefly and he could sense heads turning to the open door leading from the room . |
| 28 | From somewhere in the house came a faint , high-pitched hum . |
| 29 | From somewhere in the house came the rattle of teacups on a tray . |
| 30 | ‘ You ca n't go down to Lucifer , ’ Miles said from somewhere in the refectory . |