Example sentences of "[v-ing] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Launching from the smallest of waves , more lift can be gained by lifting the windward rail thus enabling the wind to catch under the board . |
| 2 | At Knossos , the two main chambers of the Throne Sanctuary and the principal chamber of the Snake Goddess Sanctuary had bench-altars ; at Phaistos , there were two chambers with benches opening from the Central Court . |
| 3 | There were three doors opening from the little hall . |
| 4 | Here is another chapter opening from the same children 's book . |
| 5 | International organisations , though on a bread-and-butter level becoming from the 1860s rapidly more important and active , were still very much on the fringes of conventional diplomacy . |
| 6 | But Fen seemed quite happy , relaxing over his coffee which he kept replenishing from the large pot he had ordered , exchanging remarks with the landlord which revealed that he was a regular customer here . |
| 7 | ‘ Enjoying yourself ? ’ asked Constance , appearing from the back garden . |
| 8 | These questions have preoccupied fine minds for centuries , with interest intensifying from the late nineteenth century to the present day . |
| 9 | Low comfortable chairs had been set out in a square ; too comfortable for-some , because there was a distinct buzz of snoring from the other side of a rack of trade journals , broken only by the bats ' wing rustle of folding and refolding newspaper . |
| 10 | Whe he has a chest infection you can hear him wheezing from the next room |
| 11 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 12 | He was sobered to find that many Tahitians were already dying from the venereal diseases bequeathed to them on a previous visit . |
| 13 | Little more than a year ago you could n't give away shares in the small computer company sector — so friendless were they that Star Computer Group Plc found it necessary to get into bed with a purveyor of pizzas to improve its visibility and rating : after Tadpole Technology Plc and now Division Group Plc — which soared to 107 pence on its first day of trading from the 40 pence placing price before settling at 96 pence — the rest of the sector looks set for a re-rating as investors seek to discern hidden charms that others have overlooked . |
| 14 | ‘ I told the chap two minutes , ’ said Pooley , returning from the front door . |
| 15 | The ordeal began when Mr Arafat was returning from the Sudanese capital , Khartoum , to his headquarters in Tunis . |
| 16 | Six months after returning from the Soviet Union , Nizan spoke at the International Congress for the Defence of Culture of the possibilities in the current socio-political climate of establishing a genuinely human society freed from class divisions and class oppression . |
| 17 | OUR SOCIETY was formed in 1952 and Andy ( Eileen Anderson ) takes up the story : ‘ The very beginning was in the train returning from the 1950 Summer course held at the Medau Schule in Flensburg . |
| 18 | It has indeed been a brilliant season for the Ward Park club , with Alex Lightbody returning from the British Isles championships in Worthing in July with the singles title under his belt . |
| 19 | It has indeed been a brilliant season for the Ward Park club , with Alex Lightbody returning from the British Isles championships in Worthing in July with the singles title under his belt . |
| 20 | Later four men , believed to be from the Ballymena area , were arrested returning from the same event . |
| 21 | A couple of bare-breasted girls in sarongs were returning from the communal laundry , the washing balanced on their heads , their breasts moving gently as they sauntered by , giggling at some private joke . |
| 22 | ‘ Thank you , General , ’ said the Doctor , returning from the quiet corner of the camp where he had been working . |
| 23 | Martin Chuzzlewit returning from across the Atlantic Ocean is like one returning from the dead , a ghost ( the allusion is to the drowning of Pharaoh 's host in the Red Sea as described in Exod. 14 . |
| 24 | Hed gone through a sticky patch but he was a good player , and was signing from the runaway leaders of the division . |
| 25 | Why else should I still be yearning after a man whom I knew to be a murderer while shrinking from the innocent Syl whose only crime was that I found him unattractive ? |
| 26 | President Ranasinghe Premadasa reshuffled the Cabinet on March 30 , reappointing Wijetunge as Prime Minister but omitting from the new ministerial team Gamini Dissanayake , a minister for the past 13 years . |
| 27 | He felt cold , his arms and legs aching from the rough ride of the previous day . |
| 28 | Look out for products from companies such as Marshalls who have an attractive range of paving from the rugged , riven-faced textures of Heritage through to the seven shades of the brick-sized Keyblock system . |
| 29 | Her first impulse , therefore , when she saw the vicar 's sister-in-law , Penelope , walking from the underground station just in front of her was to hurry past and pretend she had n't seen her . |
| 30 | Walking from the Regimental Headquarters to the Mess there is time to reflect on the day and think about the future . |