Example sentences of "[noun sg] from [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Yet even the nobility were loath to pay for such intangibles when they could obtain a similar ritual at less outlay and with greater speed from within the trade .
2 Montgomery digested the information , then cast his sergeant a quizzical glance from under his finely marked eyebrows .
3 There was a lull in the conversation , and Simone shot her brother a glance from under her lashes .
4 He shot her a sharp glance from under his brow .
5 She gave him a quick glance from under her lashes .
6 She slid Dane a coquettish glance from beneath heavy black eyelashes .
7 Ashley shot him a cautious glance from beneath her fringe of thick dark lashes .
8 But it 's important to keep some stock from before the days when cattle were imported .
9 Her tongue protruded , flopped to her left side from between well-shaped lips .
10 Certainly he came under such guidance from within his family which clashed with his own predilections , for his varsity life seems to have been plagued by vocational uncertainty and more than a touch of its weakening indifference .
11 The seeds of hilarity spring from within me .
12 Psychiatrists envisaged that curare might be useful in relieving muscular tension and so diminish the feedback from over active muscles which perpetuates a sense of anxiety in tense patients .
13 Feedback from around the Group after the meetings was very positive .
14 Who can dispute the fact that , if the figures were not as I have just announced and if industrial relations had not improved , we could not have attracted our record level of inward investment from across the world ?
15 Surprisingly , there was also an occasional rattle from behind the fascia , and a subdued whine from the final drive .
16 There was in other words an immense amount of political activity with absolutely no result and the details of that already has been referred to in moving energy both erm in emergency number two , so I can make , need make no reference , more reference to it , but we have left ourselves surely , totally dependent in a short future from outside the country on our energy .
17 ‘ Hector , be quiet ! ’ came a croaked command from behind the dog , and a veined hand reached for his scruff and tugged him back .
18 You can not issue a command from within a program that will remove it .
19 If you wished to issue the command from within a BBCBASIC(Z80) program , you would need the following program line .
20 There was a rival from across the Atlantic too .
21 ‘ Or a playroom , ’ she suggested , wiping remains of caramel custard from around Thomas 's mouth .
22 It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior .
23 I hope that there will not be more than one bid from within a company and I believe that it is unlikely to happen .
24 The best chance of success for a management-employee bid will arise if there is only one such bid from within the company .
25 Thus extending the Kantian insight beyond political morality to morality as a whole explains the elimination of moral beliefs and ideals of the good from behind the veil of ignorance .
26 He pulled a low seat from under the bed and gently eased her down to it .
27 Kirov stooped over his crumpled form , retrieving the photograph from between his fingers and tucking it safely into his inside pocket .
28 She took his photograph from beneath the lining paper in her drawer and looked at it and tried again to cry .
29 As the fly just touches the ground , air circulation from under this area is limited , though there is plenty of room for air to circulate between the fly and the inner .
30 There was also the background chorus of opposition from across the Bristol Channel .
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