Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [v-ing] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firemen were already on their way to the scene because smoke had been reported billowing from the sub-station . |
| 2 | In a marble group in the British Museum depicting the bull-slaying Mithra the most striking feature is that three spikes of wheat are shown issuing from the wound of the sacrificed bull . |
| 3 | FIFTEEN dentists ' practices are to consider resigning from the NHS over proposed government funding cuts they fear could lead to bankruptcy . |
| 4 | After the dry ice had cleared for good , however , grumbles of disappointment could be heard rumbling from the Faust faithful . |
| 5 | In the hush , a muffled order could be heard issuing from the depths of the leading gasmask . |
| 6 | Suddenly the sound of running feet could be heard approaching from the depths . |
| 7 | Suddenly , at about 3 o'clock , a pall of thick black smoke could be seen rising from the town and shortly afterwards came flames and then loud crackling was heard . |
| 8 | Especially notable is the approach view from the road bridge , where the vast pile can be seen rising from the banks of the great river . |
| 9 | Groups of Muslim demonstrators retaliated by attacking the nearby Holiday Inn with small arms and grenades in an effort to dislodge several snipers who could be seen firing from the hotel 's upper floors . |
| 10 | They are inconspicuous during the day ( though occasionally a couple of slender arms will be seen waving from the base of a rock ) but are very useful as scavengers . |
| 11 | The bridle path , which Theodora and Cranmer had traversed yesterday morning , could clearly be seen meandering from the back of the stable between the estuary and the wall of Dersingham Park . |
| 12 | Large additional costs could be seen arising from the Nassau Agreement on British participation in the American-sponsored NATO Multilateral Force as part of the quid pro quo for Polaris . |
| 13 | By the time we have adequate records , the craft guild can be seen emerging from the lodge of craftsmen working together on a project . |
| 14 | As in a great Jesse window , the ancestry of the pope could be portrayed descending from the apostle to whom Christ had said " Thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church " . |
| 15 | Individuals were seen jumping from the windows of the buildings straggling the French and Soviet sectors of the city before they could be bricked up . |
| 16 | Flames were seen coming from the back of the red Audi on the south-bound carriageway of the motorway near Milton Keynes , before it overturned . |
| 17 | Graham Townsend was stabbed in the chest , back and stomach … three men were seen running from the shop … |
| 18 | Two men were seen running from the area , and one witness said they looked like the two accused . |
| 19 | They had talked about words during that drive , well , place-names really , with particular reference to the villages that were called Roding after the river : High Roding , Berners Roding , Margaret Roding , and Rufus told him they were pronounced Roothing from the old Danish , which Adam had n't known before . |
| 20 | Later four men , believed to be from the Ballymena area , were arrested returning from the same event . |
| 21 | Hundreds were hospitalized suffering from the effects of tear gas . |
| 22 | But gas has been recorded rising from the loch bed only in the shallower water of Urquhart Bay where the releases of small gas bubbles can be provoked by dragging grapples or dropping boulders . |
| 23 | In dogs , LAC type activity has been recorded originating from the interstitial cells of Cajal located at the submucosa-circular muscle interface of the colonic wall , where pacemaking takes place . |
| 24 | Q I know that stock is going missing from the stock room and I 've tried to prove who 's doing it by various means without success . |
| 25 | The wave of somite formation that is observed progressing from the front to the back of the embryo thus does not involve any propagation of a message . |
| 26 | The localiser beam is fixed bearing from the transmitter and is only 2 ½° wide either side of the centre-line , approximately 250 ft wide for each mile away from the transmitter . |
| 27 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 28 | She was carried screaming from the siege house , where she lives with her parents . |
| 29 | Later she was seen phoning from the office . |
| 30 | Witnesses said a man wearing a long , dark coat was seen running from the Willenhall Shopping Centre in Coventry . |