Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he got away from the bed , he had his hands up . |
| 2 | So he turned away from the mirror and walked towards the weak sunlight ; she had gone out to the balcony , it was warm in the September sunshine . |
| 3 | At ten o'clock he rode out from the Elysée to be greeted by the cheers of the people , and on entering the Place de la Concorde he was saluted by cries of ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ and shouts of ‘ To the Tuileries ! ’ . |
| 4 | But soon he took off from the earthly tediousness of the concrete for a glide in purer air . |
| 5 | Smiling broadly he bowed stiffly from the waist and greeted each of the children in turn . |
| 6 | Finally he got up from his desk and walked out into the foyer of the massage parlour . |
| 7 | Finally he looked up from his notebook . |
| 8 | Finally he walked out from under the dusty cloth and rubbed his hands together . |
| 9 | But finally he drew away from her lips and buried his face in her neck and hair , breathing heavily as if exhausted and spent . |
| 10 | It turned out he had less from IBM ! |
| 11 | Two years ago he backed away from imposing a favourite , Mr Laurent Fabius , also an ex-prime minister , as first secretary . |
| 12 | Mostly he walked away from her jibes . |
| 13 | Slowly he eased away from her , stroking her cheek with his hand . |
| 14 | Slowly he looked up from his calculations . |
| 15 | Eventually he got away from the dogs , + hid under a car , panting loudly . |
| 16 | Sometimes he spoke straight from the shoulder and sometimes in puzzles and parables . |
| 17 | Then he eased away from the door , and back to the desk . |
| 18 | Then he supped hastily from the bone cup of the cranium . |
| 19 | Then he stepped away from her to address the other members of staff , who were still standing in curious groups , discussing the damage . |
| 20 | Then he stepped out from behind the hangings . |
| 21 | Then he got down from his chair and went to stand by Hepzibah . |
| 22 | For a second or two the expression of the Annamese.camp " boy " hardened as he stared at his employer , then he moved away from the peephole and began to busy himself cleaning the pots and pans that had been used to prepare the meal . |
| 23 | Then he moved on from that , into what he called Alan Ladd suits . |
| 24 | And then he switched abruptly from practicalities , quoting in a stage whisper : ‘ And I saw a new Heaven and a new earth ; for the first Heaven and the first earth were passed away : and there was no more sea . ’ |
| 25 | Then he leaned back from his narrow hips and hurled the apple directly at Gabriel 's head . |
| 26 | The old master does three more rounds with less capable students than the frat kid , then he steps awkwardly from the ring and immediately begins to walk his great-granddaddy walk . |
| 27 | Then he turned away from her . |
| 28 | Abruptly he jerked away from her , no longer touching her although still kneeling before her with his head bent . |
| 29 | Remember how he fought back from TWO broken legs two years ago and jumped off the bench to score twice against Manchester United in the FA Cup final ? |
| 30 | While Rain finished her breakfast , Tim told her how he had decided to see her again and how he found out from Barbara Coleman when the next visit to the villa would be . |