Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long black hair tumbled from the top of the boy 's head . |
| 2 | The prince limped from the polo field at Smith 's Lawn , Windsor , yesterday and lay in agony on the sidelines after straining his back . |
| 3 | She felt the steel strength of his arms around her and her skin quivered from the warmth of his breath on her cheek before he released her as if she might contaminate him . |
| 4 | The discovery , in 1945 by Brotzu in Sardinia , of antibiotic activity in a species of Cephalosporium recovered from the sea near a sewage outfall was brought to Florey 's attention by a former British public health officer and led to work at Oxford and elsewhere on this and similar organisms . |
| 5 | The need to hire coaches arose from the fact the Supporters ' Club actively discouraged membership from fans under the age of 18 . |
| 6 | This technique arose from the inability of a child to perform the ‘ rituals ’ of the adult psychoanalytical tradition in couch-based sessions of verbal exposition . |
| 7 | The right of the pursuers to rescind the contract arose from the principle of mutuality and the materiality of the defenders ' breach , but the intention of the defenders is also relevant . |
| 8 | as if in reply an almost palpable sulphurous wave arose from the dog and eddied around me . |
| 9 | On the back or across the front of these photographs were signatures duplicated from the letters ; John Addington Symonds , Baron Corvo , Robbie Ross , for Boy with kindest regards from Reggie Turner . |
| 10 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 11 | A further difficulty arose from the departure of a large number of middle-class families from the Belfast area to neighbouring dormitory towns , a migratory pattern in line with changes in the demography of British cities generally for the last two decades or so . |
| 12 | The decision arose from the case of Nancy Curzon , who was allowed to die on Dec. 26 after a Missouri court authorized the removal of her feeding tube [ see p. 37911 ] . |
| 13 | My impression was that the members of the GPB were very concerned about the matter , but unfortunately no formal policy decision arose from the meeting and no action plan was devised . |
| 14 | Miss Honey asked from the head of the table . |
| 15 | These projects arose from the recommendations in the report of the Cockcroft Committee on the teaching of mathematics published at the beginning of 1982 . |
| 16 | As we walked , grouse rose from the heather , calling out in alarm , . |
| 17 | Marcus shouted from the doorway in that distinctly unfriendly tone of his and clapped his hands hard . |
| 18 | An early-morning mist hung over Branchester , the cathedral rising up like some ghostly fairy-tale palace while cobwebs glistened on iron railings and moisture dripped from the branches of the lime trees that fringed the roads . |
| 19 | As soon as our visitors had gone , Holmes changed from the talker to the man of action . |
| 20 | Less than a minute later noise erupted from the drawing room and excited voices drifted down the hall . |
| 21 | McMaster moved from the seaside to take up a new teaching post in Drumahoe near Londonderry last week , and decided to make the break with the club he has served so well for a decade . |
| 22 | One interesting source of feedback arose from the EIS survey of its members in Further Education on the operation of the National Certificate : the survey was conducted during November and December 1987 . |
| 23 | Hector whispered from the bed . |
| 24 | ‘ My husband is a man , ’ Emilia interrupted from the impatience of her pain , ‘ with a man 's insensitivities . ’ |
| 25 | Imperial College arose from the unification of three main entities — the Royal College of Chemistry , the School of Mines and the City and Guilds Institute . |
| 26 | Explosions : red flames and chunks of rock spouted from the slopes where the Counsellors had been standing . |
| 27 | Hundreds of voices whispered from the walls , the ceiling and the floors . |
| 28 | The light swished from the back-cloth . |
| 29 | This time Paisley led from the front . |
| 30 | The indictment arose from the allegation by federal prosecutors that he had accepted $100,000 in bribes from military contractors and lobbyists . |