Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv prt] from [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly Mr Crick got up from his stool .
2 Dr Mortimer got up from his chair .
3 William got up from his chair at the workbench and went over to open up with a puzzled frown .
4 Rosheen sprung up from her couch in panic as she remembered what Sheldukher had done to her .
5 Frere got up from his chair , hating himself , to prowl the room like a caged panther .
6 David got up from his chair and prowled around the room .
7 Edward came down from his room .
8 Cunningham looked up from his desk with a frown of irritation .
9 Dora looked up from her chair and caught her eye .
10 Bert looked up from his Star .
11 Linda looked up from her book on horses and smiled .
12 Travis looked up from his packing .
13 Faustina looked up from her saucer , her dark face made all the more reproachful by its beard of milk .
14 Woodruffe came over from his hut and met him .
15 A brash bell rang and Pete swung down from his bunk .
16 Springfield looked up from his examination of Grant 's inert form , a more thorough examination than Chuck had been able to give him earlier .
17 Cornelius looked up from his reading to view the spiffingly clad dining-car attendant .
18 Julia got up from her chair so fast that the basketwork shrieked .
19 Julia got up from her chair as quietly as she possibly could and left them alone .
20 Piper got up from her seat .
21 MILLWALL 'S American import Kasey Keller bounced back from his clanger at Highbury to pull off two brilliant saves to keep the Lions alive .
22 In the evening , Hussa and Shama walked over from their house which is battened against the front wall of the compound .
23 ‘ Indeed , John , ’ Reverend Whitefield looked up from his reading .
24 Mr Hayden looked up from his writing and saw a figure dressed in old-fashioned clothes reminiscent of the style worn at the turn of the century and his expression was one of sadness .
25 Mrs Dennison looked up from her plate a little flushed and said : ‘ I 'm always suspicious of the excuse that a sin is justified if it 's done to benefit someone we love .
26 Father Topstock looked up from his mug and concentrated his gaze fully on Theodora .
27 Kirov glanced up from his sewing , calling softly : ‘ Come in . ’
28 When J. came back from his course , we simply carried on from where we had left off .
29 Rose woke up from her sleep ( if it had been a true sleep ) and stirred .
30 ‘ Ye must be shamed out of yer life , Mrs Donovan , ’ Bernadette piped up from her corner of the table .
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