Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [adv prt] from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She smoothed the hair back from the dead face .
2 ‘ We must do this more often , Rose , ’ he said as he backed the Ford out from the ornamental cannon .
3 ‘ Now when I know the boys are preparing for another game and I 'm not there , I will miss it ; the familiar routine , meeting at the Petersham Hotel in Richmond on a Wednesday night , the late meal , the exchange of views as people come in ; the Thursday morning training , dashing round to golf or wherever in the afternoon , the team meeting in the evening , the Friday session , probably going to the cinema at night , the leg pulling , the nervous jokes on the Saturday of the game itself , the closing in from the outside world . ’
4 A modern drainage system means that the village rarely floods these days , but the village green , known locally as ‘ The Pond ’ though it was filled in many years ago , shows signs of its former glory whenever there is a heavy rainstorm , and a decent fall of snow , combined with the winds so common to the Wolds , can still cut the village off from the outside world .
5 We built the festival up from the old village concerts , which are still always packed out ’ .
6 Boyd took the ball in from the one yard line to reduce the Tornadoes lead to one point .
7 Because what defence mechanisms do is is as says , is fend the unconscious off from the conscious .
8 ‘ You 'll get a fill off Grantie when ye meet him on yer rounds , ’ his wife pulled the chair back from the bare table .
9 Jardine said Larwood brought the call back from the off side ; Larwood said it was a straight ball ; and umpire George Hele ( at Larwood 's end ) said the ball was pitched short of a length on the leg side .
10 ‘ They called the doctor in from the nearest town , and the local militia chief questioned the girl .
11 I still had to get the hay down from the top byre to take to the cattle in the bottom byre on my sledge .
12 On the way back from the classical ruins of Byblos in an old red and green school bus , co-opted by the bus company for the tourist trade , we drive down the coastal highway into Beirut from the north , towards Martyrs ' Square , so soon to become the front line .
13 They had gas heating installed , and claimed most of the cost back from the communal housing authorities .
14 Banks — in Belfast last week to give a reading from ‘ Complicity ’ ( Little Brown , £15.99 ) — has once again struck gold with a psychological thriller that draws the reader in from the first grisly murder on page one .
15 I also pointed out the difficulty of bringing a peer down from the Upper House-not only the short-term difficulty of the delay but also the psychological impact on the country .
16 Only when a package burst open did the sheriff receive a tip off from the postal service U P S.
17 Now a year on from the first rape , police are taking steps to protect women as the nights close in .
18 It 's a step on from the orbital groove of their summer debut , ‘ Perfume ’ , and the crucial 12-inch features a housey cross-current lapping against Steven ‘ Toity ’ Tajti 's contagious keyboard hook , while the flip wheels out a straighter mix and an alternate take ( ‘ Scope Two ’ ) to ensure all-over body spasms .
19 It 's a step on from the orbital groove of their summer debut , ‘ Perfume ’ , and the crucial 12-inch features a housey cross-current lapping against Steven ‘ Toity ’ Tajti 's contagious keyboard hook , while the flip wheels out a straighter mix and an alternate take ( ‘ Scope Two ’ ) to ensure all-over body spasms .
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