Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv prt] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LEFT Images of Uranus built up from information sent back in 1986 by Voyager 2 ; the image on the right is in false colour and extreme contrast enhancement to show details of Uranus 's polar regions . |
| 2 | Richard came back from work that evening later than he had hoped . |
| 3 | There were unpaid , unqualified ‘ nurses ‘ , usually senior ladies of the dale who possessed all the medical folklore and herbal remedies handed down from generation to generation . |
| 4 | Rapid embarkation and unloading is achieved via metal steps shuffled around from door to door . |
| 5 | He and Zak went away together , and Donna drifted around from table to table for a while telling everyone that poor Angelica had really been very sweet , not a murderess , and she , Donna , was dreadfully upset at the suggestion . |
| 6 | ‘ There was a dwarf in here just now , looking for you , ’ Felicity said , as Alexandra came back from lunch . |
| 7 | French ( Provencal ) and Italian ( Tuscany ) country cooking came back from villa holidays along with strings of rapidly moulding garlic , terracotta floor tiles and peasant-style crocks ; all made possible by Elizabeth David and Terence Conran . |
| 8 | What I knew about the Legion was based on a series of rumours and pieces of misinformation passed down from recruit to recruit . |
| 9 | Mrs Dooley , the lady who ‘ did ’ for them and was at home when Alexander arrived back from school , hovered in the background beside the hat stand . |
| 10 | Even the duck used for Tai Bai Duck ( a dish handed down from generation to generation and named after the Tang dynasty poet Li Tai Bai ) despite being supplied by Cherry Valley , is , promises Jermey , authentic , because the company supplied much of China 's duck breeding stock . |
| 11 | Owing to its underground atmosphere , it advertised itself for a period as ‘ London 's Only Bohemian Rendezvous ’ and before long the business of drinking took over from chess . |
| 12 | The column itself is decorated by a long relief frieze wound round from top to bottom and representing episodes from the Emperor 's Dacian campaigns . |
| 13 | He is armed with the Sword of Justice , an ancient weapon passed down from Champion to Champion through the reigns of successive Emperors . |
| 14 | By the time Cooper came back from injury ( He was never the same player ) Jack Charlton had retired ( Probably immediately after the final ) |
| 15 | As they approached , storm-troopers stepped out from cover . |
| 16 | Elsewhere Southport Central , Sheffield Wicker , Leicester West Bridge , and Bradford Adolphus Street went over from passenger to goods traffic , when supplanted by more extensive terminals . |
| 17 | So they need fresh enemies ordered up from time to time just to keep their chins jutting . |
| 18 | CUSTOM — A well-established , traditional mode of socially relevant behaviour passed on from generation to generation that prescribes the proper ways of behaving in given situations or under given conditions . |
| 19 | He said this with such hatred that Oliver woke up from fear . |
| 20 | Andrus came back from space and looked at him bitterly . |
| 21 | The cab hurtled along from pool to pool of the bleak , unnerving light , struggling over the large brown lumps that bulged like bubbles in the roadway . |
| 22 | The studies followed on from research in the US ( New England Journal of Medicine , p 689 ) and London ( Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology vol 237 , p 567 ) which suggested that children with more than 12 micrograms of lead per 100 millilitres of blood had IQs which were 5 to 7 points below the expected value . |
| 23 | Dauntless leapt down from Contralto 's back . |
| 24 | At Police Headquarters alarm bells rang in from government munition dumps , military vehicle compounds , hi-tech weapon factories and sweet shops . |
| 25 | Johnson moved up from youth coach to take temporary charge . |
| 26 | Charlie Miller came in from work at six-fifteen . |
| 27 | When Mary came in from work the day after the row she told Mum that she and Albert had had a talk and that she was going to stay with his parents for a bit while Albert sorted out a house and furniture and the paraphernalia of married life . |
| 28 | It 'd mean waiting till , often till the , the father came back from work and then he 'd have to er sometimes come right up to the er to the nursing home er to tell you that , that they was , that she was in labour and would we please come . |
| 29 | Four years ago , when Ian Botham returned from suspension and took a wicket with his first ball , Gooch trotted up from slip and asked him , ‘ Who writes your scripts ? ’ |
| 30 | That victory followed on from success in the Dewhurst International in March , where she came through from being a reserve qualifier to reach the semi-finals . |