Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] from [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think she 'd knitted it herself out of old pieces of string she 'd saved from the children 's birthday presents . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I have , have n't I , ’ he had agreed cheerfully , clearly pleased at the speedy , efficient response to the phone calls he 'd made from the Meadowses ' ranch house the day before . |
| 3 | Sunshine 855 began broadcasting from a farmer 's barn in the late seventies . |
| 4 | A noxious sewage-type smell — thought to come from the boat 's toilet system — had engulfed their cabin , which was locked from the inside . |
| 5 | All Léonie managed to discover from the postman 's hints was that the priest had had the bones taken away for a quick burial in the cemetery with as few people present as possible , and that people were still visiting the site of the apparitions , waiting to see whether Thérèse would go back . |
| 6 | Unfortunately most of what ITV screened came from the cast 's rehearsals , not the actual performance , and television mogul Lew Grade sent the cast an apologetic telegram afterwards . |
| 7 | So even if it managed to escape from the scientists ' clutches in Britain , it could not turn into another exotic pest , like the mink in Britain or the rabbit in Australia . |
| 8 | The colour had drained from the woman 's face , leaving it mask-like , the eyes hard and dark against the paleness of her face . |
| 9 | He also said that the envelope the Brownie had kindly picked up had dropped from the Earl 's pocket without being noticed by him , and that as the Brownie was so kind as to share her sweets with him the Earl was sending a tin of his own , which he felt sure from what he had seen of this Brownie would find their way into the mouths of all the other Brownies in the Pack too . |
| 10 | When it was pointed out that the figure of £274 million had come from the Government 's Supply Estimates , he said he was not familiar with such a figure in relation to the jetty . |
| 11 | First , Iraq has threatened to attack Israel and Saudia Arabia with missiles and bombs if war breaks out in the Gulf ; the Iraqi News Agency said the warning had come from the country 's Air Force Commander . |
| 12 | Benny had elected to carry only a revolver , though she had tucked a couple of grenades in the pockets of a second safari jacket she had pilfered from the TARDIS 's wardrobe . |
| 13 | But again , Lloyd sounded dislocated from the work 's emotional current , even in the gentle , passionate slow movement exchanges with the violin , which perhaps offer the most satisfactory music . |
| 14 | He often brought her scraps he had filched from the instructors ' table . |
| 15 | Several WEA students had benefited from the LEA 's support and at least two , E. W. Gurney and Arthur Kempster , were to become prominent figures in the civic life of the county in later years . |
| 16 | When Stacey was found , Mrs Queripel told police she had disappeared from the family 's flat in Birch Hill , Bracknell , after being sent to bed early . |
| 17 | Indeed , once I was congratulated by a local town councillor in Holyhead for having such sensible ideas , when all I had done was repeat , at irregular intervals , fragments of what had emerged from the councillor 's own monologue . |
| 18 | Tallis thought a lizard had emerged from the creature 's mouth to bite at the thorn , then realized she had seen its tongue . |
| 19 | THE sister of missing estate agent Suzy Lamplugh told last night how she survived a knife ordeal because of what she had learned from the family 's nightmare . |
| 20 | Before Rincewind could stop him the dragonrider had leapt from the creature 's back to land on the platform , where he stood grinning at the wizard 's discomfiture . |
| 21 | I wondered how comfortable he would be and what he would make of the covers I had borrowed from the farmer 's wife . |
| 22 | Like the child who long before had fled from the schoolmaster 's house at Ottery , Coleridge in his flight to the dragoons was escaping from intolerable external pressures , from the certain disapproval of his family , and from emotions within himself he seemed unable to control . |
| 23 | She looked accusingly at Silas , who had returned from the water 's edge in time to hear this part of their conversation . |
| 24 | When the last group had backed from the emperor 's presence , the chant of the court musicians suddenly changed to a faster rhythm and the gateways filled immediately , to Joseph 's astonishment , with the gray , swaying bulk of elephants . |