Example sentences of "[noun] was [v-ing] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 2 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 3 | The black cat was eyeing her from upstairs . |
| 4 | The material was deemed faulty and Mr Martinson was emptying it from his truck when it splashed over him , causing severe burns . |
| 5 | As they returned to Swinbrook on Grye , the gipsy horse , the trees of Wychwood closed in about them and Carrie imagined the sadly diminished yet still proud forest was protecting them from the rest of the world . |
| 6 | On the one hand papal taxation was preserving them from Edward 's attentions , except for customary feudal dues and prerogative levies ; it is safe to assume that the laity were adapting readily to the notion of leaving the tax burden , or as much of it as they could , to the clergy . |
| 7 | She dried her eyes presently because she realized that the Magistrate was watching her from not far away . |
| 8 | The Midland Wagon Company were the owners of ‘ Perseverance ’ and the BCR was buying her from them on hire purchase . |
| 9 | Her old father was extricating himself from the front seat slowly , painfully , gasping , as though he had to push open a heavy coffin lid in order to rise from the dead . |
| 10 | The grey-brown circle suddenly became the face of a planet , and Ace was approaching it from space . |
| 11 | A man was watching him from no more than ten feet away , standing still but looking backwards , as if his attention had been drawn to Ross 's sudden appearance . |
| 12 | The man was watching them from a bedroom window , the bat visible . |
| 13 | Then Izzie was calling him from behind the pageant . |
| 14 | The nymph swayed dangerously now Finn was controlling her from above . |
| 15 | For all the tact of his dealings with the army , his words and policies in the summer of 1958 plainly showed that de Gaulle was disassociating himself from the ideology of integration — i.e. integration of Algeria into France — that many officers favoured . |
| 16 | Lucy 's voice was calling her from outside on the landing . |
| 17 | It is believed Stavridis told the judge in a behind-closed-doors grilling that the pilot was directing him from shore . |
| 18 | It seemed like only moments after Shiona had fallen asleep that the light snapped on in the compartment and a strong hand was dragging her from her bunk . |
| 19 | Josey was watching her from the other side of the fireplace . |
| 20 | Kersey was briefing himself from the paperwork so far . |
| 21 | I dreamt that my mother was calling me from the bottom of a deep , deep well . |