Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [v-ing] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they risked all , and late one night when she heard a low whistle she rose from her straw pallet in the lower scullery and crept out of the house ; and when Tristram had climbed over the wall , she gave herself to him there on the midnight grass with the summer moon blazing down through the trees and the scent of honey wafting up from the silent hives . |
| 2 | The first of these sets the amount of effect coming in from the JMP 's effects loop — a really good idea and all amps should have this in some form . |
| 3 | Keeping his gaze on the thread of light seeping out from the Bogeyman 's room , he inched his way along the threadbare strip of carpet . |
| 4 | The food , and the mud on our wellingtons , and sometimes the faint tang of cordite coming up from the cellar all give me a good , tight , thrilling feel when I think about them . |
| 5 | With its splashes of red standing out from the swirling whiteness of the snowstorm , this tableau combines the decorative and the dramatic in a manner reminiscent of the finest Japanese prints . |
| 6 | Walter Carew raised his head and stared at the grey tendrils of smoke climbing up from the brown barren waste . |
| 7 | She liked the moss-covered cobbles of the yard , and appreciated the random design of the shaggy tufts of grass hanging down from the eaves of the ancient stable blocks ahead . |
| 8 | Each scale is a hard , dry shield of keratin growing out from the animal 's epidermis and overlapping with its neighbours to make a body-covering that is as snugly fitting as it is strong . |
| 9 | So if you have a look at the idea of communication flowing down from the top of the structure lower down then w what 's that communication going to be including ? |
| 10 | A Lancaster man resting nearby noticed a patch of grass waving agitatedly although the day was calm , and on investigation was aware of a strong draught of air coming up from the ground below . |
| 11 | Usually there was the sound of music drifting down from the flat above , the knock of the postman , and the chink of bottles as the milkman delivered the morning milk . |
| 12 | This was the ‘ Wallflower Waltz ’ number — in which the girls in the show , led by Maggie Smith who sang wistfully about none of them having a dancing partner , while the men on stage waltzed with sheets of chiffon floating down from the flies . |
| 13 | People like Sherman ( 1985 ) now argue that there are three separate streams or channels of information passing up from the retina and through the visual cortex . |
| 14 | This deprivation of information coming in from the environment can be the cause of vague unease , of insecurity and feelings of depression . |
| 15 | Luckily the office below is not used as they have produced quite a smelly mess with droppings and remains of prey falling out from the ceiling ! |
| 16 | Down below , lost in the mist , he could just make out the holm-oaks and cypresses surrounding the Miletti property , a lugubrious baroque monstrosity built on a shoulder of land jutting out from the steep hillside . |
| 17 | In the case of secular centres , most burghs had strips of land leading back from the market-place for burghers ' houses , vegetable plots and space for livestock . |
| 18 | Her first impression was one of sunlight pouring in from the wall of windows facing her , casting bright patches across the fitted almond-green carpet . |
| 19 | Between the two lay the formidable barrier of the River Spey , which , as late as 17 March , was said to be ‘ so swelled with snow melting down from the hills that it will not be fordable without going a great way up the country ’ . |
| 20 | The danger of cracking heads with Bairstow flying in from the other side is as good a reason as any for its omission . |
| 21 | With offal mounting up from the four million cattle slaughtered in Britain each year , the developing countries are an obvious target for the rendering companies in desperate need of new markets . |
| 22 | It was supposed to be the parched Wild West , with dust spraying up from the horses ' hooves and the wheels . |
| 23 | Throwing up her hand , Tabitha glimpsed a figure in silhouette rising up from the floor at their very feet . |
| 24 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |