Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] from the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got a letter , passed on from the Newcastle office this morning concerning a woman who wants to sell her bungalow . |
| 2 | Replacing Norman Lamont at the Treasury with Kenneth Clarke , drafted in from the Home Office , may improve the government 's image . |
| 3 | Five wickets toppled for 65 in the lunch-to-tea period , the first three to a fiery Malcolm , who steamed in from the Nursery end and seemed to think he was Waqar . |
| 4 | His breast rose up from the pyjama top like the prow of a boat cresting a wave . |
| 5 | Lucie cursed , but dropped down from the cart seat and came to stand behind Gabriel , side-on to the door , snatching sidelong glances at the thing he did not want to see . |
| 6 | He could see by the dark light that came down from the night sky , a sky that glowed with vivid city lights , that on stands in nearby cages other eagles were listening to his story and staring at him silently . |
| 7 | Trails of misty Lochaber rain came down from the Nevis mountain range and the round purple heather-clad hills of Glen Loy . |
| 8 | At that moment Peter came in from the port quarter , misjudged his deflection by a fraction and blew off the Stuka 's tail . |
| 9 | No need for secrets , so Mrs Files telephoned her daughter straight away , then told Frank Grimwood who came by with four brace of partridge from yesterday 's let shoot ; who stopped Alec on the tractor with a load of silage behind ; who met Tom in the grainstore ; who found Mary in the estate office when he went in to fill out his time sheet ; who confided in the postman when he came with the afternoon mail ; who amazed Mrs May in Forester 's Cottage when he delivered her Freeman 's Catalogue and a postcard from her son holidaying in Pouket ; who stunned her husband when he came in from the saw mill . |
| 10 | The couple then drove off from the beauty spot at Fort Nelson , near Fareham , Hants . |
| 11 | Fisheries are sustained by the plankton which depends upon a constant re-cycling of nutrients stirred up from the sea bottom . |
| 12 | Those who came up from the Kinlochleven side may climb Am Bodach with the plan to turn east and do Na Gruagaichean , or carry on westwards for Stob Ban . |
| 13 | Some are Oxbridge educated former merchant bankers , others came up from the shop floor , but they all have some things in common . |
| 14 | Well I , I was sitting in my house one night on the , I think it would be er nineteen fifty four , and a deputation came up from the ward committee to see me and wondered if I would join the council . |
| 15 | Erm , I have I think cousin , erm , who was in the Air Force during the war , and came back from the Air Force with a child . |
| 16 | John Major came back from the Edinburgh summit and he told this house that he was entirely happy with the his negotiation . |
| 17 | She came back from the telephone booth quickly , looking distracted . |
| 18 | Joe found her there when he came back from the vegetable field . |
| 19 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |
| 20 | In my judgment , the election campaign started when we came back from the Christmas recess — Order . |
| 21 | Shortly before yesterday 's debate on the economy you told the House that in your opinion the general election campaign started when we came back from the Christmas recess . |
| 22 | Moran came back from the post office to tell them that Annie and Lizzie had been singing their praises . |
| 23 | He glanced back up at the house , where warm orange light spilled out from the dining room into the grey afternoon . |
| 24 | An order came out from the Chief Constable : ‘ The following inspectors ( there were three of them — I was one ) and sergeants and men will parade at such-and-such a yard at Birkenhead at eleven o'clock for the launching of the Ark Royal . |
| 25 | Having just wed , and her husband laid off from the cotton mill only four days since , her wages were now the only ones coming in , and she lived in fear of being put out of work . |
| 26 | She made her way down the corridor that led off from the bar room , continually glancing over her shoulder , half expecting to see either her father or her uncle behind her . |
| 27 | I just do not know what aircraft this was , I had never seen such a type before , but he made a very cautious circuit and then to my amazement an approach to land despite the red Very lights pooped off from the control tower . |
| 28 | Hatch straightened up from the plant box , and surveyed his handiwork for a second before looking at Cowley and saying , ‘ Maiden Lane or Memory Lane ? |
| 29 | He thought he would not begin on all that , so he got up from the kitchen table . |
| 30 | Kitty slouched off again while Charlie got up from the kitchen table carrying the remainder of the pie in his fingers . |