Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] from [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 2 | In the course of a Second Reading Debate on the contentious Courts and Legal Services Bill in December 1989 , Lord Hailsham spoke scathingly about the fact that the bulk of the proposals arose from within the Government machine , so disregarding ‘ almost every principle of the methodology … which ought to be followed in law reform ’ . |
| 3 | In a more romantic mode , it is as though a thousand lone voices have suddenly and unexpectedly found common cause in one majestic chorus , which is now drowning out the discordant notes heard from beyond the main stage . |
| 4 | Martin Chuzzlewit returning from across the Atlantic Ocean is like one returning from the dead , a ghost ( the allusion is to the drowning of Pharaoh 's host in the Red Sea as described in Exod. 14 . |
| 5 | Using clients referred from across the city , they were assigned to either ICT or GCT and followed up at one , two , three , and six months . |
| 6 | Barrington 's words erupted from behind the court like venom . |
| 7 | It is now known as a foetus , this term applying from about the end of the second month . |
| 8 | Hector rose from under the desk and limped after her . |
| 9 | EMG recordings made from under the chin reflect the activity of the muscles in the neck . |
| 10 | There was a small gymnasium , squash and archery for Richard to choose from at the Club , and just down the road he could go windsurfing or waterskiing , whilst I lazed with the other guests . |
| 11 | Simultaneously with clinical observations such as these , academic psychologists were also beginning to incorporate a similar idea into their models of normal cognitive functioning and most contemporary theories of human information processing contain the notion of a mechanism that screens and selects the products of consciousness ; necessarily so , since organised thought would be impossible without some device that allows the mind to choose from among the many stimuli — both internal and external — with which it is constantly bombarded . |
| 12 | A series of whoops came from round the pit , followed by a shout and a gabble of voices . |
| 13 | The find comprises five busts of various Roman divinities , two handles in the shape of lionheads and three winged brass sea-leopards dating from around the second to the third century AD . |
| 14 | A " dirty tricks " department operated from within the White House , hatching schemes to smear possible Democratic opponents . |
| 15 | While everybody else hurried to their destinations , she had walked slowly and aimlessly through the streets , lifting her face to the stinging rain , and watching the low rain clouds driven across the sky like waves seen from under the sea . |
| 16 | Only the clock tower on the stables showed from behind the trees . |
| 17 | Yes I I was erm the additional information that was available to me at this time , er Sergeant the er having left me the previous night er had actually , had gone to the premises erm , gone to the flats erm and had er put himself in the area of the flat and was able to tell me that he had heard voices , two male voices coming from within the flat . |
| 18 | Patronage in effect chose from among the qualified candidates those whose rise would be accelerated , and its advantages in easing the movement upwards on a rapidly narrowing ladder is evident . |
| 19 | On his right in the luminous water of the second flood of the day were dotted little green islands , and the chug of an occasional motor boat echoed from beyond the marshy river mouths on the far side of the stretch of water , rivers full of reeds and duck , up which were villages with stone bridges and beyond which was heathland and peace . |
| 20 | According to producer John Deering it will vary from week to week with May reporting live from throughout the province on people , places and products . |
| 21 | It can contain up to three tables of dictionary text plus up to 250 individual entries taken from across the whole dictionary range . |
| 22 | On cue , the rowing boat appeared from around the coastal bend and in it two topless dykes roaring and cheering were urging their little craft into the cove . |
| 23 | He turned and a figure appeared from behind the shed . |
| 24 | And then another figure appeared from behind the carob . |
| 25 | His stomach jumped as grey shapes poured from behind the boulders ahead and loped towards them . |
| 26 | Out here in the open , with the world large around him and light beckoning from beyond the horizon , it was not easy to fit Keelan into whatever lay ahead for him . |
| 27 | His stepdad got into the van and drove off , gravel spitting from under the wheels . |
| 28 | Rugby hangs its hat on the international game but that 's also where the funds come from for the grass-roots development . |
| 29 | The second , known as hypochondriacs , tended to swallow a large number of useless potions purchased from over the chemist 's counter . |
| 30 | The biggest influence on this change came from across the Channel via the writings of the so-called ‘ French school ’ of urban sociology , whose most influential figure was undoubtedly Manuel Castells . |