Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the finger 's stood there and she 's had to stand there shaking from head to foot |
| 2 | And I 'm saying to Mrs Jones , yeah I 'll do whatever , y'know , I used to have some good contacts with Estate Agents and that and they would just ring me up and say will you come and do so and so and we want it done within six or seven days , y'know , a house that they were selling , that they 'd want completely doing from top to bottom inside and out . |
| 3 | Derek Turnbull arrived at Murrayfield , but was sent home suffering from flu . |
| 4 | In support of this proposition , Dr. Ralph Shaa , Edmond 's brother and Prebendary of St. Paul 's preached a sermon based on a text from the Book of Wisdom ( 4,3 ) , " The ungodly shall not thrive , nor take deep rooting from bastard slips " . |
| 5 | It was bad enough in normal circumstances , but when you had n't slept a wink , when you 'd lain there suffering from shock and disgust , it was more than any normal person could bear . |
| 6 | So I would lie upstairs drifting from pain to the drugs . |