Example sentences of "[vb base] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HEADLINE from the Reigate and Banstead Independent : ‘ Police hunt handbag snatcher in stolen car . ’ |
| 2 | An Avenger , Helicat , T–33 , F–101 and DC–3 survive in the airfield scrapyard , whilst types like Cessna 0–1 , T–6 Texan , Navion and Naval Aircraft Factory N3N , plus various gliders fly from the airfield on a regular basis . |
| 3 | An Avenger , Hellcat , T-33 , F-101 and DC-3 survive in the airfield scrapyard , whilst types like Cessna O-1 , T-6 Texan , Navion and Naval Aircraft Factory N3N , plus various gliders fly from the airfield on a regular basis . |
| 4 | ‘ I am responsible for making sure all the pilots who fly from the airport are fit . |
| 5 | Every year Arctic terns fly from the North Pole to the South Pole — and then back again . |
| 6 | Every spring the Arctic 's tiny resident populations are swamped by a huge influx of migrant birds , which fly from the tropics and temperate zones to feed and breed on the tundra . |
| 7 | Huge crowds have gathered , elephants are drawn up , banners are borne aloft , and pennants and flags fly from the entrance and corner towers . |
| 8 | ‘ Fair Loch Ranza , the lone hamlet which her inland bay/And circling mountains sever from the world , ’ wrote Sir Walter Scott . |
| 9 | Smith bent over and lifted the remains of the TV cable and plug from the floor . |
| 10 | When shoots appear from the soil , put the pot on a sunny window-sill and remove the polythene bag . |
| 11 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 12 | A group appear from the house , a motley collection like a troupe of clowns . |
| 13 | I , I propose from the chair , we give 'em four hundred pound . |
| 14 | ‘ A reprieve from the telly of l-u-v . ’ |
| 15 | Will emphasis shift from the provision of services with a high value-added component to the bulk handling of a large number of fairly simple enquiries ? |
| 16 | The bar was crowded with men coming off shift from the electronics factory all arguing heatedly about a disputed penalty in a soccer match being shown on a T.V. set above the counter , the fact that the match had taken place two months before in no way diminishing the fervour of the argument . |
| 17 | If my right hon. and learned Friend believes in cause and effect , will he assure the House that he has learnt a lesson from it and that not only investment in but the subsidy to British Rail will be maintained to provide the service that people expect from the railways as we approach the end of the century ? |
| 18 | Joan McAlpine 's article today on screen violence ( ‘ A hollow hooray for Hollywood ’ ) was not the balanced journalism most of us expect from The Scotsman , but an ill-informed , highly politicised , rant . |
| 19 | We wanted AA Hospital Plus to offer the high standards of service and value-for-money that our Customers expect from the AA . |
| 20 | This book probably presents what we all expect from the future : that anything can happen , between cosmology and religion . |
| 21 | The campaigning or action group of committed older people may not be what many people expect from the counselling process , preferring acceptance and contentment rather than possible militancy as the outcome of help and support . |
| 22 | The electronic and acoustic weapons systems of bats , which we discussed in Chapter 2 , have all the finely tuned sophistication that we expect from the end-products of a long arms race . |
| 23 | However as Levi points out , different official agencies use these powers in a manner which is related to the level of tolerance they expect from the media and politicians . |
| 24 | What people want and expect from the radio is not necessarily what those who control broadcasting want to give them . |
| 25 | Castella offers a different brand of joke-hero : the ingenious angler who beats the rest by treating the fish to Des O'Connor on a submerged stereo system , until they leap from the water to escape the torture . |
| 26 | Then , flexing their powerfully muscled silver bodies , they thrash their tails and leap from the water . |
| 27 | Parkas worn over close-fitting body pieces leap from the gloaming in acid greens , violent oranges , purples and cardinal reds . |
| 28 | To prevent starvation on more plebeian trains , passengers had to take all their food with them or leap from the train the moment it drew into a station and rush for the buffet . |
| 29 | But then they had seen a number of man-things leap from the line of vehicles in front of the blazing building , and spread out in a loose line . |
| 30 | CARNAGE : Flames billow from the crater where the huge jet finally came to rest after ripping a canyon through the shattered Amsterdam apartment blocks last night Picture : DE TELEGRAAF |