Example sentences of "[v-ing] from [noun] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Leaping from bed to be done learns nothing of any depth . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | As it was , he stood in front of Lucie 's chair leaping from foot to foot and gesticulating wildly . |
| 8 | If you want to see dazzling feats of mountaineering , with animals leaping from ledge to ledge across gaping chasms , then look to the chamois . |
| 9 | Dozens of people were seen leaping from windows in the apartment blocks . |
| 10 | Twenty people were reported killed after leaping from windows in the buildings . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Property price inflation lifted turnover and operating profits , but costs also increased steeply , with interest charges leaping from £1.236m to £3.94m , reducing the pre-tax result . |
| 13 | The rewards are just beginning to come through with Mercury 's contribution to C&W trading profit leaping from £4million to £14million in the six months to September 30 . |
| 14 | She saw Ace , getting nearer , wide-eyed with concern , leaping from rock to rock . |
| 15 | Then he slapped his thigh , stood up , leaping from embarrassment to action . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And now , I suppose , ’ she said , cooling from bitterness into a composed sadness , ‘ I have told you everything , and told you nothing . |
| 18 | Twist your body to the left and keep alternating from side to side . |
| 19 | It causes ‘ thrush ’ , which is an infection of mucous membranes occurring from time to time in young children , characterized by white patches developing in the mouth . |
| 20 | The probability of the particle traveling from A to B is given by adding up the numbers associated with all the paths that take the particle from A to B. For most paths , the number associated with the path will nearly cancel out the numbers from paths that are close by . |
| 21 | She denied that search consultants observed any professional ethics beside the obvious one of not poaching from clients for at least two years , and noted a complete absence of clear standards of approach and guarantees to do the job properly . |
| 22 | And it is surely dying from cancer with dignity which requires bravery . |
| 23 | In the Medical Research Council 's trial the relative risk of dying from cancer for men receiving atenolol was 1.9 compared with placebo ( 1.2 to 2.8 ) and 1.4 ( 0.9 to 2.2 ) compared with diuretic . |
| 24 | Shrubs , which had been dying from lack of water since the supply had been cut off , were suddenly green and straight again in a brief moment of health before the rising waters overwhelmed them . |
| 25 | Dismayed at the pain he had inflicted and at the pain he himself felt in consequence , Richard rushed forward , then stopped a few feet from Victoria twisting from side to side in frustration , wondering how he could stop her crying . |
| 26 | I could see you were prickling from head to foot with some kind of emotion towards me . |
| 27 | Discounts are available for customers returning from Venice on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express or on selected dates . |
| 28 | Manager Kevin Keegan hoped to open talks this week but the 24-year-old midfield player has remained in London with his family after returning from holiday in Florida . |
| 29 | She met him emerging from their tall block of apartments as she was returning from work on the Friday evening , having stopped to buy groceries on the way home , her mind flying ahead to Luke 's arrival and all that she planned to say to him now that she had made up her mind to end their affair . |
| 30 | Later Scandinavian sources suggest a date of 1027 for the battle of Holy River , but this is rendered implausible by chapter 13 of the Letter sent by Cnut to England in that year , which mentions people who had tried to deprive him of his kingdom and his life , but whose power had been destroyed by God , and says that he is returning from Rome to Denmark to make peace with them . |