Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] from [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The aim of the group is to enable single Catholics in the 18–30 age range ( though we are not strict about these limits ) to come together from around the diocese and meet each other in a social context .
2 Until that moment Evelyn had not realized exactly what had taken place when she had been let down from over the machine .
3 A wail more dismal than the bird cries rose up from under the horse .
4 The words came mumbling up from beneath the bent head .
5 The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull .
6 A Bentley swam out from behind the ranch house 's tamarisk hedge , accelerated arrogantly and , passing him , drove him back flat against the hedge .
7 He rose languidly from behind the desk and padded to the door .
8 He simply moved out from between the cars as if he was going to walk off and Maggie took two aggressive steps forward .
9 But if the Mother of God heard , she must have decided that the cause was not a worthy one , for as Jennifer moved out from behind the dovecot she felt herself seized from behind .
10 The moon threatens to come out from behind the clouds again and I have to jump down to the paving stones of the patio beneath .
11 A crowd of tiny creatures , moving so fast that it could hardly see them , charged out from under the table and wrapped a length of old electricity wire around its outflung arms .
12 What was left rolled untidily from under the rear .
13 We watched as the kite swept across the valley , ascending so high that it was just a speck in the distance , and then swooping gracefully over the horizon , to appear again from behind the next hill .
14 Yeah , and I say , you know I mean obviously it 's too big but I mean not from from the point of view that the buildings are right outside of them ai n't they ?
15 I 'll take them later , ’ Philpott muttered gruffly from behind the newspaper .
16 Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply .
17 With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle .
18 In the enlightenment of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , scientific medicine finally struggled out from beneath the dead hand of classical authority .
19 And Ruth came back from behind the screen with a white paper in her hand , brightly painted green and mauve .
20 He looked at me as if I 'd crawled out from under the Axminster .
21 The boy had crawled out from beneath the blanket and knelt there , looking across at Tuan Ti Fo , his eyes wide with fear .
22 A recorded voice was booming out from behind the pay-booth where some Americans were pushing their jerky way through .
23 But soon , yes , she would have to take the telegram and walk to the shop and watch Enid fainting and Mother rustling out from behind the counter .
24 " It 's all right , " he conceded as they came out from between the decaying buildings and the green hoardings , " but … " he smiled and looked at Slater , " do n't give up your day job . "
25 Suddenly a long arm came out from under the rags and a bony hand grasped Marian 's shoulder .
26 As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloudbelt on the horizon , Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope .
27 They were n't alone ; and then the next thought was that Sandy must have come up from below and was now standing on the quay , but then that thought died as what he 'd taken for her shadow came out from under the stairway .
28 They strode to meet the carts , and Alexei came out from under the tree .
29 And then , as I came out from under the stairs , I heard something moving upstairs .
30 When the sun came out from behind the fog , the world turned golden and beautiful .
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