Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Scotch Whisky is inseparable from Scotland … of all the spirits mankind has distilled , refined and enhanced from nature 's huge store of goodness , Scotch Whisky is the noblest … a distillation of the natural riches with which Scotland is so abundantly endowed … clear waters tumbling down from the hills and across the moors , though peat and over granite … fields of golden barley … the cool , pure air . |
| 32 | A midwinter day … the wind to the north , the sky in rags , hail whipping in from the islands in dark squalls . |
| 33 | As he entered the paved courtyard the rain came whipping in from the sea , lashing against the car and obliterating everything . |
| 34 | ( IBM never did and probably never will do anything without proper training , planned in from the beginning . |
| 35 | With that , he hopped down from the rock , leaving its previous occupant free rein over the throng . |
| 36 | And , every twenty minutes or so , a storm broke : thunder rumbled , lightning flickered , and tropical rain came crashing down from the showerheads fitted in the ceiling . |
| 37 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
| 38 | A wall goes down from the road straight as a die to Ease Gill and a walk alongside leads in a few minutes to a small hole in the ground that opens into lengthy passages below : this is Short Drop Cave . |
| 39 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 40 | ‘ Because he believed that Charles just is n't going to make it — and the sovereign 's relationship with her heir has always been difficult — Prince Philip urged her to assert that she had no intention of stepping down from the throne , that she must and will remain for the duration . ’ |
| 41 | Replacing Norman Lamont at the Treasury with Kenneth Clarke , drafted in from the Home Office , may improve the government 's image . |
| 42 | The capes are famous for a confused and ugly swell , and peculiar lumps of wind that crash down from the coastal peaks of the Taurus Mountains . |
| 43 | As the froth turns in from the sides and the coffee begins to rise in the pot , it is removed from the heat and a little is poured into each cup to distribute the froth . |
| 44 | A myriad becks tumbled down from the hills into the valleys and dales below , cutting a gorge here or following the old meltwater channels there . |
| 45 | Fearfully , Seb drew closer and could see her dress had been ripped down from the neck to waist . |
| 46 | In this damp clay I had left footprints , and over these footprints I now found the splayed-out pug marks of the tigress where she had jumped down from the rocks and followed me , until the kakar had seen her and given its alarm-call , whereon the tigress had left the track and entered the bushes where I had seen the movement . |
| 47 | Her family have travelled down from the city to the Devon hospital where the attack happened . |
| 48 | The sound of bird song drifts down from the trees , and butterflies flutter through the still early evening air . |
| 49 | There was a second figure , which they did n't see : high above them , Timothy Gedge gazed down from the cliff-top path . |
| 50 | Many gardeners believe that an informal pool should be planted liberally , with waterlilies obscuring areas of the water surface , and reeds and rushes tumbling in from the garden . |
| 51 | Five wickets toppled for 65 in the lunch-to-tea period , the first three to a fiery Malcolm , who steamed in from the Nursery end and seemed to think he was Waqar . |
| 52 | When this happens it is time to celebrate and consider all the various offers raining in from the major labels . |
| 53 | ‘ so you really think , ’ she said , ‘ that that poor little chap is going to zoom in from the clouds and wipe us all out ? ’ |
| 54 | On being told that the men still unaccounted for could not be contacted by the trapped men , the Manager asked for a volunteer to go down from the surface and search inwards from the main shaft . |
| 55 | They would be perhaps regarded as thick as two short planks , er they would not be happy , they would be struggling to do work that was not honestly within their capacities , that being the case , they would almost certainly have to go down from the University . |
| 56 | The Vicar then took the text for his sermon from the second lesson , ‘ God loveth a cheerful giver ’ , and was so carried away by his own rhetoric that he absent-mindedly helped himself to most of the grapes hanging down from the top of the pulpit . |
| 57 | She liked the moss-covered cobbles of the yard , and appreciated the random design of the shaggy tufts of grass hanging down from the eaves of the ancient stable blocks ahead . |
| 58 | The late evening sun slanted in from the west . |
| 59 | In mid-afternoon , Joseph rode down from the lines to organise the packing of the lodges , but , Yellow Wolf recalled : ‘ The women , not knowing the warriors were disagreeing , quitting the fight , had no time to pack the camp . |
| 60 | He had indeed caught on from the bad vibes the driver had been giving out — the nervousness , the pale sweat-beaded face , the rapid eye movement towards the back seat — that something was bothering the guy . |