Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] from the floor " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grant listened for a moment for any signs that the slight noise of the brief scuffle had attracted attention from the floor below . |
| 2 | Nobody opposed the proposal outright , but the audience was not silent : local discussion broke out continually , and people shouted comments from the floor — — ‘ What about cigarettes ? ’ |
| 3 | At the moment the only sounds in the operating theatres are made by a lone cleaner mopping dust from the floor . |
| 4 | Turn round ! girl , ’ and swung her round by the shoulders , and while holding her with one hand she ripped the pieces of tape from the end of each plait , before she tore at the hair until it hung in uneven strands ; then she almost lifted Millie from the floor as , using both hands now , she drew the strands together and began forming them into a tight rope-like plait . |
| 5 | I have just bought my first lightweight and have noticed some funny groaning noises from the floor area . |
| 6 | As we talked at the reception in the garden behind Downing Street , Patrick told me that , instead of a debate at the Party Conference next month , he and his ministerial team had been asked to answer questions from the floor . |
| 7 | Erm , I understand that you are willing to answer questions from the floor for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Almost all foods are taken but they are reluctant to pick food from the floor of the aquarium . |
| 9 | It may also be necessary to consider the availability of a roving radio microphone ( controlled by a member of staff ) to handle questions from the floor . |
| 10 | And afterwards we will take questions from the floor . ’ |
| 11 | And , while holding a conversation with her client , she was also listening to the voice of her broker , relaying prices from the floor of the Metal Exchange in Plantation House through the loudspeaker on the wall above her desk . |
| 12 | Clips of his ‘ Greatest Hits ’ , various filmed interviews and the odd surprise guest are promised , followed by ‘ Both ’ taking questions from the floor . |
| 13 | Stephen Bayley , former director of the Design Museum , will chair a debate , taking questions from the floor ( many pre-wrapped ) and flinging them at a panel of designers , architects , patrons and critics , among them Peter Palumbo , chairman of the Arts Council , and Mies van der Rohe buff . |
| 14 | The methods by which MPs attempt to influence ministers from the floor of the House are by their speeches in major debates on government business , by calling for emergency debates under Standing Order No. 20 , by the use of ten-minute rule bills , private members ' bills and motions , adjournment debates , question time and abstention or cross-voting in divisions . |
| 15 | This truck stood 9in from the floor , and was constructed to carry two milk churns and , at the same time was narrow enough to pass through the end gangways , so that the churns could be taken from one end of the train to the other . |