Example sentences of "[adv prt] from [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Discretion would appear to be ‘ the better part ’ ; about fifty to sixty metres down from me on the right are some very steep — probably vertical — cliffs falling the last thirteen to seventeen metres into the sea and I have no desire to ride an avalanche down . |
| 2 | Crowds of spectators were thronging the sides of the narrow road which led down from it into the village and , after Vitor had hurriedly found a parking place , they joined them . |
| 3 | The fading Argentine superstar said : ‘ Gascoigne is the one player I can see taking over from me on the world stage . ’ |
| 4 | Although in this case Mr Benn had backed off from them in the beginning . |
| 5 | At the far end four big ovens occupied the space , huge pipes leading up from them into the ceiling overhead . |
| 6 | A well was sunk in the back garden , and water could be pumped up from it into the kitchen . |
| 7 | He unfastened them without haste , still smiling , tossed sword and sheath out from him through the trefoil opening , and let them fall into the presbytery . |