Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Lankester often ignored this warning in his own work , and suggested that all forms of life can be ranked into grades defined by the point at which they branched off from the main line of progress towards humankind . |
| 2 | The horse pounded surefooted along the tunnels , leaping sudden slides of rubble and adroitly sidestepping huge stones as they thundered down from the straining roof . |
| 3 | Thousands of imported sheep had left their devastating mark and the latest ‘ crop ’ , the deer , finished off any saplings the sheep might have missed when they came down from the high tops in the winter . |
| 4 | After all , they started out from the same nest of opportunities as the rats who are now fatter . |
| 5 | They took off from the amphibious assault ship U S S Okinowa on a routine patrol , but a short while later , all voice and radar contact was suddenly lost . |