Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] from [art] " in BNC.

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1 Hawks may swoop down from the sky and carry one off .
2 Every day the Ethiopian planes may swoop down from the sky .
3 If the hair should snap off from the tear , it may drift for many kilometres on the wind , falling slowly , and come to rest a long way down-wind from the vent .
4 Nonetheless , manufacturers are still not pushing the business benefits of technology to any great extent — some 80% of those questioned said that bidding vendors had never formally evaluated what they should invest in from a strategic point of view .
5 Either they must draw back from the spotlight and forfeit their privileges or pick their partners based on purely practical criteria .
6 ‘ The international community must take over from the states that fail to fulfil their obligations , ’ he said .
7 Our congratulations should go out from the House to the national health service for what it is achieving .
8 That I should back off from a story that I know needs to be brought out into the open ?
9 If you ask me , the good Rabbi Loewe should come back from the dead and sue — ’
10 As the object of my attention I have chosen the character of Anderson in Tom Stoppard 's ( 1977 ) television play , Professional Foul , though I must point out from the outset that it is the dramatic text which is the focus of my attention and not the BBC Television production , and my comments will reflect this to a large degree .
11 ‘ The other must come down from the Ridgery . ’
12 Civil and Public Services Association chief Barry Reamsbottom told the unions ' Blackpool conference : ‘ We 're stuck in a time-warp and must come in from the cold . ’
13 It may snap off from the arm
14 He believes that the jets may originate from ‘ dikes ’ — a geological term for tilted strata or layers or others particularly dusty areas which might stick up from the surrounding surface .
15 ‘ Someone might look over from the gate-towers and catch the gleam of it .
16 Not on your life — I 've been hanging around the set of Bedroom Farce hoping Chris 'll come back from the bar .
17 let you know they 'll come back from the letters .
18 Madame swept in while Ellie hesitated , afraid that any moment she might wake up from a dream .
19 But I 'll find out from the conference office who 's around
20 Now let's look down from the bridge .
21 In these hot summer months prudent Japanese girls suppress the potential faux pas of erect nipples that could spring up from a cool blast of the air-conditioner by sticking on a handy pair of ‘ Nipples ’ .
22 All he needed — as far as anyone could make out from the hogsheads of salted pilchards that were assembled in two separate groups at the harbour — was one more good catch and victory , together with Martha 's hand , would be his .
23 But now TODAY can exclusively reveal that every time Hendry went to the table he feared that a lethal shot could ring out from the crowd .
24 to get to the menu you could work out from the menu
25 Dickie was in the gardens there , Pammie drove two tractor driver , Jo , Jo was the , where 's Jo , Jo was the dairy , milk , then I used to drive the other tractor when we wanted two , and what we did we all could take over from the milker when she was off , or Pammie , we could all interchange .
26 In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site .
27 She had not realised they could reach out from the charmed circle of themselves .
28 Once in a while she 'd get up from the chaos of ribbons and tissue , and go to the window to watch the cold .
29 If she had the sense she 'd been born with she 'd get up from the table right now , wish him a polite good evening , and scuttle back to the safety of the dressing-room , there to make a pledge never to risk being in his company again .
30 If he could do this then surely he could come down from the cross and save himself .
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