Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discovery , in 1945 by Brotzu in Sardinia , of antibiotic activity in a species of Cephalosporium recovered from the sea near a sewage outfall was brought to Florey 's attention by a former British public health officer and led to work at Oxford and elsewhere on this and similar organisms . |
| 2 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 3 | Miss Honey asked from the head of the table . |
| 4 | Only when Mr Trout and his associate , Mr Alan Abel received the accolade of an interview with America 's top television journalist , Walter Cronkite , did SINA disappear from the limelight . |
| 5 | Harry Pascoe shouted from the far end of the room , and young Jan Lanyon , who sailed with him , put up his firsts and echoed : Aye — just let 'em try ! " |
| 6 | Mr Angell responded that it would not be feasible for Moscow to leap from the present unconvertible rouble to the complex Western system of floating exchange rates , or to a dollar or yen-backed rouble . |
| 7 | Marcus shouted from the doorway in that distinctly unfriendly tone of his and clapped his hands hard . |
| 8 | As soon as our visitors had gone , Holmes changed from the talker to the man of action . |
| 9 | McMaster moved from the seaside to take up a new teaching post in Drumahoe near Londonderry last week , and decided to make the break with the club he has served so well for a decade . |
| 10 | The Masai moved from the great river of the north , freely interpreted as the Nile , says the professor in a note , down towards their present location . |
| 11 | Hector whispered from the bed . |
| 12 | ‘ My husband is a man , ’ Emilia interrupted from the impatience of her pain , ‘ with a man 's insensitivities . ’ |
| 13 | The bad feelings turned to relief , and a degree of comfort , when , after a moment 's pause , she heard Johnny answer from the kitchen . |
| 14 | This is an interesting remark , because the British edition of Lucy differs from the American in key passages that deal with Kalb and officialdom . |
| 15 | This time Paisley led from the front . |
| 16 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 17 | Rex gazed from the window . |
| 18 | When , during a home game in February 1927 , Hardy shouted from the touchline to a player to move up-field , Chapman chose to regard it as a breach of his authority and arranged for Hardy to move to Tottenham , where a vacancy had conveniently arisen . |
| 19 | Millie rose from the stool and , looking at her prospective and harassed mistress , she said , ‘ Oh , it 's all right . |
| 20 | Jean fled from the room . |
| 21 | He then requested Lucy and Jean to come from the kitchen , and , standing between them , he placed an arm round their shoulders as he said , ‘ This is Lucy and Jean , who have attended to your refreshments on behalf of Stella , my hostess , who is indisposed . |
| 22 | Ann Marie moved from the Holgate End to propose before the 19,000 crowd . |
| 23 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 24 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 25 | The USSR became India 's main external source of weaponry and rendered extensive economic aid ; Soviet support was in part a response to the support that Pakistan received from the Chinese , with whom the Indians had an unresolved border dispute . |
| 26 | It was almost time for Compline when Cadfael came from the gardens after his last round of the evening , and saw horsemen riding in at the gate . |
| 27 | Fairfax climbs from the plane and walks , surrounded by the tall warriors , across the darkening savannah to the laibon 's manyatta . |
| 28 | She knew that Richard came from the castle and understood that his family was the family to which all the others deferred , but now instead of intimidating her Richard 's status seemed to impart a sense of protection . |
| 29 | Biggins scored from the penalty spot after only 10 minutes and added another soon after before Mark Stein completed the scoring . |
| 30 | Brig Ramsey arrives from the Women 's Royal Army Corps ( WRAC ) , where she was the final director before its abolition last week under Options for Change . |