Example sentences of "[verb] from [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
2 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
3 | A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support . |
4 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
5 | The tips of the fingers and toes are equipped with sucker-like discs that help them to cling on , and the long tail is used as a balance and brake when leaping from branch to branch . |
6 | Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’ |
7 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
8 | As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly . |
9 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
10 | Having lived in Australia for some years and witnessed forest fires , leaping from tree to tree and running along the thin covering of bush and grass , I could enter imaginatively into the prophet 's experience . |
11 | She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock . |
12 | Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action . |
13 | Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs , so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which , in the broad sense , can be called imitation . |
14 | Playing squash was the only time Penny wore a bra — without it , as she said , her boozums would bounce from wall to wall faster than the ball . |
15 | It is also the case that the great majority of students entering advanced courses in art and design have come from foundation courses , a few having come from school with GCE A level passes in art . |
16 | The growth has come from privatisation of services provided in the public sectors , particularly healthcare and education and from catering for the public . |
17 | Much of it has come from work with animals , for here it is possible to arrange particular experiences at particular ages and subsequently test for their effect on the behaviour of mature animals . |
18 | I u I went in one there was like a junction as come from Pit into . |
19 | The only really significant inroad into the dominance of English in recent years has come from Spanish in the southern states of the US . |
20 | At first their mother 's sister had come from time to time but she and Moran had quarrelled . |
21 | This explained why the sounds of battle had come from east of this dell . |
22 | ‘ But if they become part of the post-1994 set up , clever non-producers will join the company that pays the best price — and could jump from company to company on a regular basis , ’ forecast Nestle 's chief milk buyer , John Ross . |
23 | what about we , and if I , if one of her suppliers I asked them , if I said well okay , if we feature your outfit here , how much lead time you ne , do you need from order to production ? |
24 | They bounced from wall to wall , crossing and recrossing , and the violet light flickered in time with the sound . |
25 | Although the commitment to religion was stressed from time to time , often in response to the charge of militarism , the CLB always seemed to emphasize matters of social discipline and conformity . |
26 | But this Alexandro , his house is er cracked from corner to cornerl |
27 | However , the idea that archive work might be used in the training of embryo diplomats still surfaced from time to time in France . |
28 | Nitric oxide is synthesised from L-arginine in a reaction catalysed by NO synthase . |
29 | Our results are in agreement with those of thers who found that activated and non-activated macrophages and granulocytes relax vascular smooth muscle by release of NO that is synthesised from L-arginine by a stereospecific enzyme , NO synthase . |
30 | A short tag of tape on the top line of your long-net tells you top from bottom in the dark . |