Example sentences of "[adv prt] from the [noun sg] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cigarette , tip turned in towards the palm , is brought down from the mouth in an exaggerated arc and held behind the back . |
| 2 | The Avignon 's captain , strolling down from the bridge in a crisp , freshly starched uniform , smiled on hearing their banter and approached to greet them both with a formal French handshake . |
| 3 | He thought it a great feat that she had got in from the Point in an hour and a quarter . |
| 4 | Mrs Stocks would come rushing in from the wash-house in a lather of soapsuds and thrills at having found the Cap'n 's blackamoor wandering in the yard . |
| 5 | The Laurels was a very nice house on the edge of the town standing back from the road in a large garden . |
| 6 | The man came back from the bank in a van and the other men stopped it at the gate and grabbed the money . ’ |