Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] from [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until that moment Evelyn had not realized exactly what had taken place when she had been let down from over the machine . |
| 2 | A wail more dismal than the bird cries rose up from under the horse . |
| 3 | The words came mumbling up from beneath the bent head . |
| 4 | The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull . |
| 5 | A Bentley swam out from behind the ranch house 's tamarisk hedge , accelerated arrogantly and , passing him , drove him back flat against the hedge . |
| 6 | He simply moved out from between the cars as if he was going to walk off and Maggie took two aggressive steps forward . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply . |
| 11 | With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle . |
| 12 | In the enlightenment of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , scientific medicine finally struggled out from beneath the dead hand of classical authority . |
| 13 | And Ruth came back from behind the screen with a white paper in her hand , brightly painted green and mauve . |
| 14 | He looked at me as if I 'd crawled out from under the Axminster . |
| 15 | The boy had crawled out from beneath the blanket and knelt there , looking across at Tuan Ti Fo , his eyes wide with fear . |
| 16 | A recorded voice was booming out from behind the pay-booth where some Americans were pushing their jerky way through . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | " 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 . " |
| 19 | Suddenly a long arm came out from under the rags and a bony hand grasped Marian 's shoulder . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They strode to meet the carts , and Alexei came out from under the tree . |
| 23 | And then , as I came out from under the stairs , I heard something moving upstairs . |
| 24 | When the sun came out from behind the fog , the world turned golden and beautiful . |
| 25 | A grey thing came out from behind the tree and came towards me . |
| 26 | Wolves may not howl here in the moonlight , as they did in the journal of Jonathan Harker , but I have no difficulty in seeing Slains as he saw Count Dracula 's castle in Bukovina , the tall black windows from which not a glimmer of light came , and the jagged battlements glimpsed when the moon came out from behind the fitful clouds . |
| 27 | He came out from behind the desk , and gestured at the sofa . |
| 28 | A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help . |
| 29 | The catering assistants started to wind down the evening 's proceedings , and Katrina and one of the other girls ( Bridget ) came out from around the back to tidy up the customer area . |
| 30 | She came out from among the buildings , the rest of the broken rope in her hand . |