Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] from the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ BEST decision I 've ever made in my life , ’ said Des Walker , gazing down from the terrace of his Genoese apartment at sunlit rocks and ocean . |
| 2 | Ember , thumping down from the sunflower against the bitter chocolate of the Martian sky . |
| 3 | A midwinter day … the wind to the north , the sky in rags , hail whipping in from the islands in dark squalls . |
| 4 | It was definitely time to say farewell and stepping down from the canal at that point I found myself on the very street of my son 's house . |
| 5 | The Vicar then took the text for his sermon from the second lesson , ‘ God loveth a cheerful giver ’ , and was so carried away by his own rhetoric that he absent-mindedly helped himself to most of the grapes hanging down from the top of the pulpit . |
| 6 | She liked the moss-covered cobbles of the yard , and appreciated the random design of the shaggy tufts of grass hanging down from the eaves of the ancient stable blocks ahead . |
| 7 | When we were driving down from the border towards Beni Abbes , we quaked every time we saw police or soldiers . |
| 8 | Considered as an institutional bridge , Schloss Hartheim was part of my winding down from the experience of the KZ . |
| 9 | Somehow she 'd imagined Penry leaping up from the sofa at the sight of her , angry at her intrusion . |
| 10 | The blood was oozing out from the tip of his boot and his face had turned the usual grey colour of the soldier who had been wounded . |
| 11 | It was all so sudden it made her feel queer ; affecting her stomach like looking down from the top of a cliff or riding on a Big Dipper . |
| 12 | He did n't smile as the Shermans approached but waited with his left hand resting on the hilt of his ceremonial sword , his aloof expression suggesting that he estimated the dignity of his person to be at least equal to that of the fabled hero of France looking down from the wall behind him . |
| 13 | And the archaeological remains give authenticity to the fascinating legends of Greek mythology with the most famous of them all , the Parthenon , looking down from the acropolis over the bustling city of Athens below . |
| 14 | Looking down from the terrace of our modern hotel , I saw the walls catch fire . |
| 15 | Scrambling down from the mound of sand , Garry began walking towards the houses , his hands and knees stained orange . |
| 16 | Violence spilling over from the conflict in Croatia has escalated dramatically in recent weeks after the republic 's 1.9 million Muslims and 750,000 Croats voted overwhelmingly to secede from Serb-controlled remnants of Yugoslavia . |
| 17 | Then I heard the footsteps … coming up fast= an echoing , slapping sound making me think of a great bird or bat flapping up from the bottom of a wall … |
| 18 | But they are unable to process this and obviously that will be different for children at different stages of their development erm younger children being particularly susceptible to the sort of atmosphere around them , and if they are picking up from the adults around them , be that through the media or within the context of their everyday lives , that there is something dangerous and disturbing going on , then they are obviously going to reflect that unease in their behaviour . |
| 19 | His head had an odd tilt or cock to it , set on the shoulders as if he were looking up from the bars of a drop-handled bike . |
| 20 | As we were talking , out of the corner of my eye I could see Balvinder Singh stumbling back from the cooking-corner of the tent , holding a plate piled high with hot pakoras . |
| 21 | He would write in the garden , steeping out from the verandah at the back of the house ( ‘ my Riviera ’ ) and hurrying past the flowers and trees to a small revolving hut , like a monk 's cell with its desk and chair and bunk . |
| 22 | He said that looking out from the platform towards the town reminded him of the late President Kennedy looking out over the Berlin Wall . |
| 23 | None came and still under the drug 's influence at dawn , he found himself looking out from the top of a forty-foot tree — he had no memory of climbing it — and looking down on a vast meadow , flecked with patterns of multi-coloured light and rocks which turned into horses , all of which filled him with ‘ tremendous emotions ’ . |
| 24 | This kind of thinking is leading on from the question of analysis to that of evaluation . |
| 25 | Her first impression was one of sunlight pouring in from the wall of windows facing her , casting bright patches across the fitted almond-green carpet . |
| 26 | All around me , pouring down from the sky on the garden , on the roofs of the surrounding houses , was an intense fine white light , a soft flaky blizzard of slightly pearly white light . |
| 27 | Mrs Stocks would come rushing in from the wash-house in a lather of soapsuds and thrills at having found the Cap'n 's blackamoor wandering in the yard . |
| 28 | Well , your mother came rushing in from the car with a rare display of energy and snatched it from the fellow 's hands . |
| 29 | You ca n't see down that part of the cloister leading off from the chapel into the convent . |
| 30 | Their fortunes will become more divided than before : some are waking up from the party with happier memories than others . |