Example sentences of "from [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key light is then added , angled on to the subject from alongside the camera . |
| 2 | They danced as if hurled by some titanic juggler from below the edge of the world . |
| 3 | The silenced gun spoke quickly from below the trolley . |
| 4 | He came close to Tallis , his red hair curling from below the fur hood , his eyes wide and searching . |
| 5 | When the device is powered with 3–4 volts of electricity , a 50-microwatt laser beam applied by optical fibre from below the substrate , is first absorbed , amplified four times , and emitted from the upper surface . |
| 6 | The cut of the assassin 's sword had split it from below the shoulder to the hem . |
| 7 | Nick was feeling cramped and claustrophobic , and kept peeking out from below the blanket until dragged back down by Linda . |
| 8 | There 's an igneous intrusion there , with fragments of garnet peridotite — that 's a rock from below the earth 's crust — and I 'd like to spend a bit of time there , though the rocks at the north-west end look pretty difficult to get at . |
| 9 | Tidswell lifeguards with three slat gates were fitted and the lamp was removed from below the roof ; it was replaced by small side lamps in boxes like those on the bogie cars , but lower down on the dash . |
| 10 | A search and rescue procedure involving about 20 firefighters had begun in the building and soon afterwards a voice had been heard from below the rubble . |
| 11 | Somewhere , over on the other side of the Common , a truck moved up from below the hill and , headlights hooded , started across towards Parkside . |
| 12 | From inside the shed came a dull rolling thudding noise . |
| 13 | Through one purple window he could see a soft light , and sweet music was coming from inside the church . |
| 14 | At the secondary-school stage it becomes less a partnership between all three and more a matter for the individual student and his or her advisers , whether from inside the school or outside . |
| 15 | He took a sip of wine and then withdrew a small folded sheet of paper from inside the back cover of the phrase book . |
| 16 | Viewed from inside the horizon the external universe would appear equally strange . |
| 17 | ‘ There is no need to ask which pupil is responsible for this , ’ came the familiar voice from inside the bucket . |
| 18 | ‘ I come ’ , he said from inside the bucket , ‘ from the planet Tellenor ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What do you want ? ’ came an irascible voice from inside the cottage in return . |
| 20 | Small children , watching the falling snowflakes from inside the hut , began to cry and reach for their parents as the snow-slope parted and two strange , spindly creatures clad only in red thermals and inner boots emerged like primordial reptilian embryos . |
| 21 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 22 | From inside the wood she heard the cries of ‘ Leu-try , leutry there ! ’ and ‘ Try over , yoi try ! ’ |
| 23 | The magnetism inhibits the flow of heat upwards from inside the sun , cooling the sunspot regions to about 4000 K , so they appear dark . |
| 24 | A nasal voice screeched from inside the building , ‘ And what the fuck was that ? ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Over here , ’ shouted one of the Sturmabteilungen and the others , six to start with , but soon joined by more from inside the building , ran to where he had found the tripped alarm . |
| 26 | Ordinary heat did n't come from inside the way microwave seemed to , affecting you all at once . |
| 27 | Today the mill sails are wooden vanes whose angle can be adjusted from inside the mill . |
| 28 | The opposition Union of Democratic Movements ( UMD — see p. 38052 ) had said that the rebels had come " from inside the country " . |
| 29 | The managers could be appointed from inside the service or taken in from outside . |
| 30 | From inside the belly of the cart , peering through knotholes in the wood , he could see and hear the acres of people from Pontydd . |