Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] from [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 A wail more dismal than the bird cries rose up from under the horse .
2 The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull .
3 A Bentley swam out from behind the ranch house 's tamarisk hedge , accelerated arrogantly and , passing him , drove him back flat against the hedge .
4 He simply moved out from between the cars as if he was going to walk off and Maggie took two aggressive steps forward .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply .
8 With that , Dick changed course , and in a short while they came up from behind the Shuttle .
9 And Ruth came back from behind the screen with a white paper in her hand , brightly painted green and mauve .
10 He suddenly darted out from behind a metal ladder and Whitlock aimed at his legs .
11 " 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 . "
12 Suddenly a long arm came out from under the rags and a bony hand grasped Marian 's shoulder .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 They strode to meet the carts , and Alexei came out from under the tree .
16 And then , as I came out from under the stairs , I heard something moving upstairs .
17 Just then the moon came out from behind a cloud .
18 The sun came out from behind a cloud , and shone on the stone walls of Fullcircle .
19 When the sun came out from behind the fog , the world turned golden and beautiful .
20 A grey thing came out from behind the tree and came towards me .
21 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 .
22 He came out from behind the desk , and gestured at the sofa .
23 A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help .
24 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 .
25 She came out from among the buildings , the rest of the broken rope in her hand .
26 She turned and signalled to her maids who at once came out from beneath the trees and hurried along the path to her .
27 However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was .
28 Kolchinsky came round from behind the desk and the two men shook hands .
29 His head nodded up from among the pink clover flowers .
30 The attendant clambered out from behind the counter , one of his colleagues taking his place .
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