Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She took the infant from Terry and quickly walked from the bedroom making , not cooing noises , but a ‘ kind of shrill moan ’ . |
| 2 | So I did , and I managed to rise a little way , but my wing hurt and the sea wind tugged at it and below me there suddenly flew some hooded crows and I was afraid and panicked , and nearly fell from the sky . |
| 3 | The firm 's pattern of growth , as in the case of Heidrick and Struggles , was very dependent on individual personalities , and also suffered from the fact that the most successful headhunters are usually the worst managers . |
| 4 | Alexandra climbed carefully up the first side and then leaped from the top on to the grass below . |
| 5 | She gave a tiny smile , brave but near tears , and then vanished from the screen . |
| 6 | Cleo glanced up at him and then rose from the bed . |
| 7 | His close rival , the Maharaja of Rewa , reached a total of 500 and then withdrew from the contest . |
| 8 | He belched , scratched his stomach , and then stumbled from the room . |
| 9 | In the violent argument which followed , Coleridge was prevented from running at his brother with a knife by the return of their mother , and then fled from the house , still in an ‘ agony of passion ’ , stopping only when he reached a hill overlooking the River Otter a mile from the town . |
| 10 | And on this Peggy turned and almost flew from the room . |