Example sentences of "[noun pl] [v-ing] out from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These rings could be the result of surface waves spreading out from the impact through the solid surface , or the result of a succession of wall slumps in a once deeper basin . |
| 2 | The taut legs standing out from the body at all angles , some hideously broken like twigs thrown carelessly on a bonfire , others still moving feebly . |
| 3 | Under the scheme five main roads fanning out from the centre : Leith Walk , and Lanark , Calder , Corstorphine and Morningside Roads will become clearways with all parking banned during peak periods . |
| 4 | The CPR created no fewer than 600 new communities with villages , towns , and farming settlements growing out from the railway stations . |
| 5 | At the same time the building of what were to become bastions , towers standing out from the line of the wall , enabled defenders to fire all round , and in particular laterally , against approaching men or machines , as the design for Bodiam Castle in Sussex , which , like Cooling Castle in Kent , was built at the time of the French invasion scares of the 1380s , clearly shows . |
| 6 | It must be clear that the spatial location identified by here in each of these expressions could be interpreted as a series of concentric rings spreading out from the speaker and encompassing different amounts of physical space , but the interpretation of the spatial range of the expression here on any particular occasion of use will have to be sought in the context of what the speaker is talking about . |
| 7 | And in the middle of that , they thought that perhaps an ornamental lighting column with sort of , with lights coming out from the top of it just to make it a bit more fancy . |
| 8 | ‘ or was likely to be caused to persons in or on that vehicle ( or trailer ) or on a road ’ 'Likely to be caused' means potentially dangerous such as sharp edges jutting out from the body of a motor vehicle ; a loose driver 's seat which could cause loss of control of the car ; projecting wheel wing nuts or mudguards that could strike a pedestrian ; and a loose rear bumper that might fall off and cause an accident etc . |
| 9 | These differences in land values ( which mean higher rents or higher prices for land or houses ) provide the mechanism by which different groups are distributed throughout the urban area , often in the form of circles radiating out from the centre . |
| 10 | The cars were slow with the cones curving out from the pavement . |
| 11 | Judging by the front of it , the house was quite large , for it showed three windows each side of the front door , the same above them , and a row of small windows jutting out from the roof . |
| 12 | This mill was built of brick instead of stone like the Old Mill in the village , and the original six-storey building survives among the extensions built around it , with Arkwright 's peculiar staircase projection with Venetian and small semi-circular windows standing out from the sea of square-headed windows on either side , and with a cupola above . |
| 13 | They other kind of soldier was black with little white florets growing out from the head . |
| 14 | As the church clock struck twelve , they listened to the heavy notes ringing out from the church tower . |
| 15 | Six Broadstairs matrons attempting to shop at Marchesi 's the confectioners , two errand boys buying bloaters from Mr Goodman the fishmonger , a few afternoon revellers strolling out from the Dolphin Inn and an eager group from the Tourist Cycling Club staying at the Balmoral Bijou Hotel found themselves swept along with the crowd as they pursued their leaders down Harbour Street under the ancient York Gate ( which being without specific Dickensian associations hardly received a glance ) . |