Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] they [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of his little ways had indeed been quite surprising in the past , seeing that they ranged from the quartering of badgers , rescued from a baiting , in her coal-shed to the introduction of separate limbs and even of whole orphans for dissection when they were in good supply towards the end of winter ; but she had grown used to them little by little . |
| 2 | Their only concern was that , in the darkness , one , or more , of the ropes had been loosened too much and it would be noticed when they emerged from the back of the van . |
| 3 | ‘ Take care , ’ said Rufus , and not looking back any more than he had done when they returned from the cemetery , drove off round the town he had got to know so well , over the Stour bridge , into Essex , heading for Halstead and Dunmow and Ongar and London . |
| 4 | Although there is no precise information about the provenance of all of these finds , it is reasonable to assume that they came from the original excavation of the ‘ villa ’ or from adjacent sites . |
| 5 | I guessed that they came from the execution during the second war . |
| 6 | ‘ First things first , ’ Natasha declared as they emerged from the cloakroom . |
| 7 | The first deals with the reasons of the ( apparent ) diminution of objects as they recede from the eye , and is known as Perspective of Diminution : the second contains the way colours vary as they recede from the eye : the third and last explains how objects should appear less distinct in proportion as they are more remote . |
| 8 | And others were so deeply affected that they withdrew from the community , shutting themselves away in their homes . |
| 9 | Conservative Coun Peter Jones said the Dryden affair could have been avoided if both sides had known where they stood from the outset . |
| 10 | FROM the birth of radio astronomy in 1932 , when Jansky discovered cosmic radio waves and established that they come from the Galactic Centre , it has been clear that something very remarkable is taking place at the core of the Milky Way . |
| 11 | The remaining PAP ministers refused party demands that they resign from the government and they were subsequently expelled from the party in early 1991 . |
| 12 | Bernice felt sorry , but thought many more would die before they escaped from the castle . |
| 13 | Because of the freedom most users find when they move from the word processing market into desktop publishing many early documents resemble Victorian handbills in design . |
| 14 | Other writers have pointed to the pedagogical anxieties art teachers feel when they move from the security of their practical areas into a more conventional classroom environment — even when they are teaching art appreciation . |
| 15 | This did not mean that ideas and values came from some supernatural source , but it did mean that they came from the history of society , not the history of the individual . |
| 16 | Whether they were poor because they were lame , or lame because they were poor , was perhaps a matter for sociologists , and a few years later , when their dwellings were swept away and replaced by council flats with rents much higher than they could afford , it must be assumed that they disappeared from the face of the earth . |
| 17 | Where travellers are provided with food and drink and fail to pay before they depart from the premises , they may be charged with a criminal offence ( making off without payment ) contrary to s.3(1) of the Theft Act 1978 . |
| 18 | It is interesting to note that they come from the same stable that brought us the national insurance surcharge . |
| 19 | ‘ As you say , when these instructions arrive , you 'll find that they come from the very top . |