Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] from [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He stabbed a man scrambling up the bulwarks beside him , and cheered as Hector 's galleys swept up to the shore and another horde of Macleans poured from them to the rescue of their clansmen .
2 Frank looked from one to the other , and then , addressing himself solely to Peggy , he said , ‘ You 'd better hang on to something , Peggy .
3 Understanding none of it , Ellie stared from one to the other .
4 Simon looked from one to the other of them .
5 Eddie Brady looked from one to the other and said , ‘ I think I know the one you mean . ’
6 Julia looked from one to the other , strangely at a loss .
7 Mrs Marsden looked from one to the other in confusion .
8 Harry looked from one to the other .
9 Anna looked from one to the other and shook her head .
10 Edith looked from one to the other .
11 Jack looked from one to the other with a blank expression .
12 Maxim looked from her to the marble and back .
13 Nenna looked from one to the other .
14 Peggy looked from one to the other .
15 Doyle looked from him to the Woman and back again and his face twisted into an expression of complete scorn .
16 Suzie looked from one to the other , obviously enjoying her moment of glory .
17 Caroline looked from him to the wall .
18 Harris looked from one to the other in consternation .
19 Sir George looked from one to the other .
20 Sean looked from one to the other with distaste .
21 George slid from us into the darkness .
22 India-May looked from one to the other , colour creeping up her neck .
23 Marguerite 's face flushed with pleasure and Claudine looked from one to the other very suspiciously .
24 Fabia looked from one to the other and wanted to be a duty to neither .
25 Wexford looked from one to the other .
26 Howard looks from one to the other in astonishment .
27 Eliot borrowed from it for The Waste Land , thus making it permanently famous ; Pound could not have known of it in 1911 , but if he had then visited the Templars ' cavern-church in Aubeterre he could hardly have failed to remember it in the light of jessie Weston 's argument .
28 Tenison looked from one to the other uncertainly .
29 Michael looked from him to the offending cigarette and back again , then reluctantly stubbed it out .
30 Haavikko looked from one to the other , then , smiling fiercely at him , tears brimming at the corners of his eyes , he reached out and took Karr 's hand .
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