Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s while UK exports of manufactures levelled off from the late 1970s , making the UK a net importer of manufactured goods for the first time in the long history we have described ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 2 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 3 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 4 | The administrator kept careful account of money laid out from the estate . |
| 5 | Philippa got up from the chair she had brought into the kitchen , went to take the cloth from Lee 's lap , decided against it , and started to wipe up the insidious liquid with tissues . |
| 6 | Barry 's Mum got up from the desk as they went into the waiting-room , and put her coat on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 9 | In a television address , he called on deputies to pull back from the brink . |
| 10 | Sharp icicles fly out from the caster 's hand and strike the first unit or model in their path . |
| 11 | At the 40th session of the UNHCR Executive Committee in October 1989 the 43 member states adopted a general programme budget of $190,000,000 for the first six months of 1990 only ; after extensive debate at an extraordinary session in May 1990 and at the regular session in October , the Executive Committee finally adopted a general programme budget for 1990 amounting to $378,885,900 , including the $38,000,000 deficit carried over from the previous year . |
| 12 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 13 | Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care |
| 14 | Aldhelm got up from the turf on which a new and unsteady lamb was also trying to get to its feet , nuzzled by the quivering ewe . |
| 15 | Nineteen Cubans and Spaniards were allowed to disembark , plus three passengers with authentic visas ; the remaining 900 or so Jews waited for news of the negotiations which involved , variously , the Cuban President , his director of immigration , the shipping line , the local relief committee , the ship 's captain and a lawyer flown in from the New York headquarters of the Joint Distribution Committee . |
| 16 | The visiting pilots had come to ferry back a score of U.S. fighter aircraft flown up from the States as part of the American lend-lease programme . |
| 17 | Steps led up from the stone paving to a wide veranda , which was adorned with hanging plants and tubs full of flowers . |
| 18 | Carlie got up from the footstool . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Hatch straightened up from the plant box , and surveyed his handiwork for a second before looking at Cowley and saying , ‘ Maiden Lane or Memory Lane ? |
| 21 | The eyes gazed out from the screen . |
| 22 | The president got up from the chair and came round the table , his hand outstretched in the Western style . |
| 23 | As I crouched against the wall which offered some protection against the rain , the mortar team Corporal got up from the grass where he had been sitting and , crossing over to the small pile of H.E . |
| 24 | Its tough pale grass grows on mud and clinker dredged up from the docks . |
| 25 | Then this pantomime carried on from the coast . |
| 26 | Practice varies , and it is good practice to find out from the beginning in order to avoid unpleasant surprises at a later date . |
| 27 | Where WinEdit stands out from the rest is for programmers who use Microsoft C and SDK . |
| 28 | As they were working , the smell of puris frying wafted over from the houses round the square . |
| 29 | He glanced back up at the house , where warm orange light spilled out from the dining room into the grey afternoon . |
| 30 | A professor came down from the university to investigate the project . |