Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv prt] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scales got up from his seat at the table in Wycliffe 's little office but Wycliffe waved him back . |
| 2 | Foreign imports into Britain continued to grow rapidly in the 1970s and 1980s while UK exports of manufactures levelled off from the late 1970s , making the UK a net importer of manufactured goods for the first time in the long history we have described ( Figure 2.1 ) . |
| 3 | A myriad becks tumbled down from the hills into the valleys and dales below , cutting a gorge here or following the old meltwater channels there . |
| 4 | Figure 10 Crystal forms built up from spheroidal atoms from A. Ure , Dictionary of Chemistry , third edition , London , 1828 , after W. H. Wollaston whose models are in the Science Museum , London . |
| 5 | Recently released Home Office papers in fact show that the authorities drew back from prosecuting even the most blatant cases of anti-semitic propaganda both before and during the Second World War despite the fact that it was ostensibly being fought to destroy Hitlerism . |
| 6 | Steps led up from the stone paving to a wide veranda , which was adorned with hanging plants and tubs full of flowers . |
| 7 | The most abundant isotope of oxygen , 18 O , has an atomic mass of 16 units made up from eight protons and eight neutrons . |
| 8 | The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales to more than £53m , with the total number of units sold up from 676 to 745 in the year . |
| 9 | The eyes gazed out from the screen . |
| 10 | ‘ From the way both drivers got out from their vehicles and looked ready to tear each other apart , I doubt it , ’ Ven answered , and halted at her bedroom door . |
| 11 | Then the Prophet 's lips drew back from his teeth in a soundless snarl of triumph , and the next thing Curtis knew , he was staring down the muzzle of the gun the other had levelled at him from point blank range . |
| 12 | The Prophet 's bloody lips drew back from his teeth in a silent snarl of hate , and he began to speak . |
| 13 | His lips drew back from his teeth . |
| 14 | The enormous edifice of presumed relationships built up from careful study of homologous structures , ( the supreme example is the study of bones in the skulls of reptiles ) may have to be re-examined , and if necessary dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up . |
| 15 | Sharp grey eyes peered out from his blackened face . |
| 16 | This may sound harsh , but it seems to me that when we lost our empire our eyes came down from the horizon and looked at our feet . |
| 17 | Raised voices came out from behind Coffin 's closed door . |
| 18 | The lads came up from the gill with buckets of water and stood a-row along the brink . |
| 19 | A door opened and a light so bright and sudden it hurt their eyes spilled through from the back . |
| 20 | Most of the groceries came down from a grand shop in London but she 'd order perishable goods from her brother and then send a servant to complain of the quality . |
| 21 | Then one of the travelling craftsmen came out from the town and lined the cart , trap or wagon we happened to be making : that means he painted the finishing touches , the lines on the wheels and the panels . |
| 22 | Perhaps because the authorities thought the police were too closely involved , as individuals , in the business of the meeting ( in Kufra they were Zuwaya to a man ) , army units turned out from their camp to supervise the meeting . |
| 23 | There were unpaid , unqualified ‘ nurses ‘ , usually senior ladies of the dale who possessed all the medical folklore and herbal remedies handed down from generation to generation . |
| 24 | Despite the opportunities opened out from the late eighteenth century by an expanding grain trade , a marked increase in the land available , and a steady rise in labour and money dues extracted from the peasantry , the nobility found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 25 | Koreans flooded in from the new colony in search of work and livelihood . |
| 26 | Behind him , two men in long overcoats stepped out from the shadow of a doorway and watched the young man turn to the left again , heading up the main backstreet that led to Joseph Hyde 's flat . |
| 27 | Rapid embarkation and unloading is achieved via metal steps shuffled around from door to door . |
| 28 | Charlie now found himself in front and began firing at the Germans as their heads popped up from behind the dug-outs . |
| 29 | Supporters cheered on from in the Superstars event . |
| 30 | Nikita Smidovitch , whose team of 20 inspectors flew in from Bahrain at dawn , said the surprise inspections were specifically related to the long-range missiles . |