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

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1	Having no book or magazine with her , she read from the opposite wall an advertisement for duty-free goods obtainable at Heathrow , one for travelling very cheaply by boat to Holland , another was deciphering an invitation to office temps couched in a kind of code , when the train drew into Finchley Road .
2	Cow-Keeping in India , " she read from the spine of a volume that had suffered from damp .
3	" Practical Taxidermy , " she read from the spine of another .
4	Her action against the school ( the first defendants ) failed but she recovered from the second defendants .
5	She realised from the quizzical looks that met this further information that she had made matters worse rather than better .
6	She grasped the light covering and was about to throw it off when she realised from the fabric 's texture that her own cotton skirt had been laid over her .
7	But as she gazed from the French windows on the tangle of weeds outside , and the now dense greenery of Switham Thicket , a plea formed in her mind as she thought of Lady Merchiston upstairs , in conference with her man of business .
8	His presence gives Joan some respite and complements the assistance she receives from the doctor who visits once a week and a nurse who comes in the morning and at night to put James to bed .
9	Well , Maudie 'ands 'im a pile o' leaflets she got from the church an' tells 'im ter 'and 'em out ter the carmen .
10	She was Dr Katharine Ash , twenty-five years old , able to handle the admiration she got from the opposite sex with aplomb , supremely confident of her destiny .
11	She translated from the classics and the French symbolist poets .
12	’ There 's a brown rim under the soap-dish ! ’ she shouted from the kitchen , coming back with a scrubbing brush and abrasives .
13	She 'd arranged with the school for me to see her results and report later when she phoned from the villa .
14	Protecting the environment means different things to different people , but in most cases it is the individual 's own perception of what he or she wants from the environment .
15	Somehow she has to try to extract the information she wants from the information she gets .
16	She was highly critical , however , of the terms under which the League of Nations was set up in 1919 , partly because the League was permitted the use of force and economic sanctions , and partly because it was committed to supporting the Versailles settlement , which she regarded from the start as an unjust and unstable peace .
17	In the latter he or she develops from the moment of birth .
18	Assume it 's okay , ’ and she rose from the table and went upstairs .
19	She rose from the stiff armchair .
20	At the end of the song she rose from the couch and went to the door , hesitated , did not open it , and then returned to the window-seat .
21	She rose from the chair , muttering to herself , ‘ Oh dear ! ’ because she knew she would have to make her way to the closet at the far end of the house .
22	‘ Aye — ’ she rose from the chair , went to a basket at the side of the hearth and , taking up a log , she almost flung it on the fire , and as she dusted her hands she ended , ‘ that 's what she tells me .
23	Suddenly she rose from the post , some 250 feet from me , and with a dozen or so leisurely beats of her magnificent wings she was angling in to land on my glove and devour her prize !
24	She rose from the table .
25	She rose from the bed and stared at her reflection in the speckled mirror on the wall .
26	She rose from the table .
27	She rose from the bed where she had spread out the rosettes , strode to the window and stared down into the garden .
28	She rose from the settle .
29	She rose from the furry white armchair which he was sure was her choice .
30	At last she rose from the water , wrapping a towel about her damp body as she walked to her room , mentally weighed down by her thoughts , and physically wearied , too .