Example sentences of "[vb past] from his [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ten angular jerks and a trip Ranald rose from his seat in the corner by Luch to open the door for Lady Bridhe to leave . |
| 2 | A few years later , while I was talking at a meeting on educational reform , a local superintendent of schools rose from his seat in the back of the room and , moving to the door , said scornfully , so that many could hear , ‘ Well , back to reality ’ . |
| 3 | " If you do n't tell me , I will beat you without mercy , " said the mandarin at last and rose from his chair with the cane in his hand . |
| 4 | The speaker rose from his chair at the side of the room . |
| 5 | The Palace Hotel was run by a trio of brothers : a burly one-eyed masseur , a half-witted fellow with a pointed head , and a hugely obese young man who joked from his chair in the lobby , from which he rarely stirred , that he was expecting twins . |
| 6 | Marc moved from his position by the window as if aware of missing this exchange , and came to stand over them . |
| 7 | Mahmud , unable to restrain himself any longer , moved from his position in the slips to face Sheikh directly . |
| 8 | The Norman Hugh de Riveire , hands on his hips , moved from his viewpoint to the King 's and studied the skyline . |
| 9 | A further contribution stemmed from his insistence on the individuality of organic function . |
| 10 | Keith shouted from his position on the ground , |
| 11 | It felt like somebody had put a gun to his kneecap , said David Lawrence today as he came from his bed at the hospital in Wellington to meet reporters . |
| 12 | The Environments Officer turned from his console at the rear of the command vehicle . |
| 13 | ‘ You 'd do better to stay put , ’ argued Dame Sybil , pouring a thick savoury broth into two large bowls as Thomas returned from his foray into the cellaret with a tankard of ale in each hand . |
| 14 | Giles Aplin remained at the Hankses ' cottage until Tom returned from his work at the manor . |
| 15 | ‘ Lloyd George is right ! ’ he yelled from his cart at the corner of the Main Street . |
| 16 | The French boy nudged Joseph as a tall , white-haired Moi who was obviously the village chieftain slowly descended the stepped tree trunk that led from his hut to the ground . |
| 17 | Penry straightened from his inspection of the stove . |
| 18 | I shrank from his perfection into the shadow beyond the light , grateful for the darkness . |
| 19 | Flew from his nest in the roots . |
| 20 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 21 | These two offices , coupled with the less formal influence Gloucester derived from his closeness to the king , ensured that for contemporaries the duke 's importance was national rather than purely regional . |
| 22 | Finally , it is as well to recall the lesson which Philip Selznick derived from his study of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1940s about how public organizations can increase the security of their position viz-à-viz social forces in the environment by co-optation or the process of ‘ absorbing new elements into the leadership or policy-determining structure of an organization as a means of averting threats to its stability or existence ’ ( Selznick 1949 , p. 259 ) . |
| 23 | Knox worked from his bed to the last , only getting up and dressing in order to receive the CMG ( 1943 ) from the Palace emissary appropriately . |
| 24 | On Monday night he rang from his car for the score . |
| 25 | On Monday he rang from his car for the score . |
| 26 | He bowed from his seat on the couch . |
| 27 | But this did little to consolidate control over a country claimed but not subdued and when Duke Philip of Burgundy broke from his alliance with the English to pledge support for Charles VII at Arras in 1435 , the days of English rule in France were numbered . |
| 28 | A slice of ham fell from his roll onto the ground . |
| 29 | As he stood up , all kinds of crumbs fell from his robe to the kitchen floor . |
| 30 | He disappeared from his yacht off the Canary Islands and his body was sighted in the water the next day . |