Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [adv prt] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other team was the Levitt team with No 1 Libor Krejci , No 2 Prince Abdullah , who had flown his ponies in from the Argentine , and played extremely well , scoring several of the goals ; No 3 Marcelo Caset from the Argentine , and Lord Charles Beresford at back . |
| 2 | The TV reporter swung his eyes back from the window and trained them on the superintendent in a long , calculating stare . |
| 3 | ‘ All the rumours are that Jerry 's been bringing his troops back from the east by the train-load . |
| 4 | Despite the agreed battle-plan , Franco did not move any of his forces up from the Jarama front and twice refused the request of the Italian Commander-in-Chief that his troops be relieved by Spaniards . |
| 5 | The Earl dragged his fists back from the table and , opening his shoulders and mouth , stretched his sinews , as if parting Philistine pillars . |
| 6 | The glow faded in mere moments , during which time the Doctor dropped into the corridor , snatching his hands back from the sides of his newly created tunnel with sharp gasps . |