Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the messenger had made his reverence and limped out from the presence , Henry turned his head a little , and looked at his closest confidants , but obliquely , out of the corner of a sunken eye , and dismissed them , too . |
| 2 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 3 | Marie pushed back her coffee and got up from the table . |
| 4 | She finished her drink and got up from the table . |
| 5 | He shook his head and got up from the table , taking his plate to the sink to rinse it . |
| 6 | I felt confident and self-possessed , and recovered quickly from the catastrophe of losing the toss . |
| 7 | The hearing was told Bill Vincent dived in and swam away from the yacht . |
| 8 | The hearing was told Bill Vincent dived in and swam away from the yacht . |
| 9 | The woman smiled , and moved away from the window . |
| 10 | I shivered and moved away from the window . |
| 11 | To distract him she put an arm around his shoulders and moved away from the rail . |
| 12 | Jenny nodded and moved away from the pantry ; she looked preoccupied and the tiniest bit uncomfortable . |
| 13 | Nicholson and his officers turned and moved away from the landing rail , out of sight of the other prisoners . |
| 14 | When the Rector gravely offered Alexandra his arm to take her in to dinner , Robert 's face fell so utterly that she took his arm as well , and moved lopsidedly from the room between her ill-assorted escorts to the unspeakable anguish of the baby . |
| 15 | Katherine nodded fractionally , and the butler bowed and moved silently from the room , not looking at the younger man . |
| 16 | Ralph listened and drew away from the escalator . |
| 17 | Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room . |
| 18 | We squeal-turned around the crowd , and zigzagged away from the Temple of Turhan Bey . |
| 19 | You 're a fool as well as surly , ’ said the boy , and stuck his neat , short nose in the air and bounced up from the table in dudgeon , but Harry caught him by the sleeve . |
| 20 | There they took a different path from the High Elves and wandered far from the mainstream of Elf culture , declaring themselves independent of the Phoenix Throne . |
| 21 | He swung round and drove away from the gate . |
| 22 | His finest hour was when , as a member of the Royal Commission , he stood up for their interests and dissented valiantly from the majority . |
| 23 | Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them . |
| 24 | Her mother of course was aware that fifteen does not relish the solitude that fifty does , and came back from the village one day when Peony had been particularly silent and lumpish , with the news that Mrs Price who kept an antique shop had her grandchildren staying with her , and she was invited to go round and play tennis with them and have tea . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He smiled and came in from the terrace . |
| 27 | The carriageway was empty and sealed off from the world by chipped grey railings down the centre and either side . |
| 28 | Shadows leapt and danced away from the light as he fought to steady himself . |
| 29 | At three o'clock that afternoon the four-wheel-drive Audi had disregarded the thickening blizzard and raced away from the threat of Nordhausen towards Leipzig and Dresden . |
| 30 | The skin was healthily tanned and the hair thin but not receding , and slicked back from the front . |