Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] from [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a sigh of resignation I untipped the lampshade and raked out my knitting from beneath the chair . |
| 2 | ‘ Right where we want you , ’ a quiet voice completed her sentence from behind her . |
| 3 | Immediately Nathan pulled her cardigan from over her arm and draped it around her shoulders . |
| 4 | ‘ ere , ’ Bella dragged out her purse from down the side of the wheelchair . |
| 5 | The State Presidency in Macedonia on April 28 elected Vladimir Mitkov as its President from among its members . |
| 6 | The cab driver revs up , and Jenny moves her thigh from under my weight . |
| 7 | I wondered if she 'd moved on to another place in the forest without saying anything , but when I stood perfectly still , I could hear the rhythmic scratching of her karaso from behind some trees , and the occasional tearing sound when she accidentally caught it in the undergrowth . |
| 8 | It draws its membership from across the spectrum of religious and non-religious groupings , though they are generally middle-class and mostly committed Christians . |
| 9 | And she flounced up to the house , her long black hair swinging rebelliously down her back from under her red woollen cap . |
| 10 | I also guided her occasionally in the stock market : she shared these tips and the jaunts with her friend from around the corner , Mrs Warburton , who was also widowed . |
| 11 | I remember one time er these barges , old barges when you used to come up there , they ai n't got any engine in 'em at all because now they got motors in 'em , but erm , at that time , I was asleep one night and er these barges had been up , they 'd been down the the engine room , cos the engine room and the stoke hall was all in one and th and then I was so sound asleep they 'd filled the sacks up with coal and took them up over the and took the only thing they did do they did n't take the shovel they 'd used , cos they bought their shovel from off the barge and they left that downhill that 's how they 'd pinched the coal . |
| 12 | Liberal Democrats will ensure that every individual can receive high-quality education and training throughout their life from before school to retirement . |
| 13 | She turned curious blue eyes on her daughter from beneath the rim of her battered straw hat , but Caroline hardly heard her . |
| 14 | Her argument was that it had offered the women of rock ‘ much worship with little esteem … choosing their image from among the already available fantasies and maybe undercutting it with a little irony . ’ |
| 15 | Not knowing what else to do , Theda first found a fresh cap and tucked away her dangerous locks , and then began to lay out her clothes , retrieving her portmanteau from under the bed . |
| 16 | She released her lip from between her teeth and Julia was horrified to see a speck of blood on it . |
| 17 | Present as each crisis arose , its footage from around the world was sought eagerly by stations both at home and abroad . |
| 18 | A tear found its way from under her eyelid , sliding down her cheek . |
| 19 | The Bentley Mulsanne — this was an inspiration of the Secretary 's to distract attention from the noises off — had come nosing its way from behind the South Stand . |
| 20 | Margaret , her face pale with fright , slowly edged her way from behind her desk and began to walk to the front of the class . |
| 21 | And picking up her nightshirt from under the pillow , she went into the bathroom . |
| 22 | Izzie snatched her arm from between his hands and snapped . |
| 23 | Sliding her arm from beneath him , Beth got out of bed and , wrapping her robe about her shivering form , went first to the window , where she looked out at the moonlit night . |
| 24 | Just as , when awakening from a dream , we automatically recognize its illusory reality and its creation from within the recesses of our own mind . |
| 25 | Draping another washed sack over his head to form a hood , he lit a lantern and then , seizing his crook from behind the door , set off to call his dogs . |
| 26 | I pulled his hair from between its spikes , not so grey as mine . |
| 27 | She took his photograph from beneath the lining paper in her drawer and looked at it and tried again to cry . |
| 28 | But he could not shift his gaze from off her sex . |
| 29 | Gabriel took his Bible from under his arm as if it were loaded , and opened it . |
| 30 | This is accounted for by the rather different procedure adopted in child sexual abuse investigations when there is an urgent need to protect the suspected victim and her or his evidence from outside pressure which may well emanate from the victim 's family . |