Example sentences of "[noun pl] that [vb past] [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chesarynth washed , stuffed her torn and dirty hospital gown into the recycling chute and stole another , even brushed her hair ( she checked again ; no tower growing through her skull yet ) and then had to find a place to hide the dead leaves and twigs that had cascaded from the tangles . |
| 2 | This also served to dye the nasty brown hairs that kept growing from the roots underneath . |
| 3 | Visiting local bookshops at random , I came across more and more books that had come from libraries . |
| 4 | A Hampshire hotel hit on a clever country house compromise with gentle piano recordings that appeared to come from a live performer in the next room — creating a delightful backdrop to afternoon tea . |
| 5 | However , the handover of powers brought the institutions that had evolved from the old workhouses into the hands of authorities that could more effectively bring them up to date . |
| 6 | The Doctor was spring cleaning her mind , dusting the mantelpiece of her memory and righting the cracked ornaments that had fallen from it . |
| 7 | The strategies behind the claims were procedural : Egypt wanted United Nations Charter , Article 27 ( 3 ) to be applied , to prevent those States that had protested from voting on the matter before the Security Council , while the United Kingdom wished to preserve the bilateral nature of the dispute and its own procedural rights . |
| 8 | They were all the thwarted ambitions , evil intentions , bitter memories , crushed hopes and suppressed lusts that had emanated from human hearts since life began , and which now invisibly thronged the air . |
| 9 | Louis 's aim was twofold : first , to cope with the tensions that had arisen from the implementation of ecclesiastical reforms , for instance by sending out missi to settle disputes between clergy and laymen over the appropriation of tithes ; and second , to tighten control of local government , for instance , by asking missi to draw up lists of all those liable for military service in each county . |
| 10 | There was something curiously menacing in the repetitive drumbeats that seemed to come from nowhere . |
| 11 | It was midwinter but one of those strange warm days that seemed to come from nowhere to tell you that spring is n't really far away . |
| 12 | On Sotheby 's activities in Berlin he was candid about the difficulties experienced by this ‘ very interesting experiment ’ so far but felt that the company could build on the pool of new private ( West ) German buyers that had emerged from the sales . |
| 13 | The tyres squealed as they braked , the concrete smooth as skin and slick with fluids that had bled from other cars . |
| 14 | And then , almost overnight , energised and full of enthusiasm for the ideas that had emerged from our long discussions of the research evidence ’ . |
| 15 | Their so-called furnished accommodation had consisted of two old beds that had come from a second-hand shop , a brokendown settee , and a gas cooker that had probably been used all through the war . |
| 16 | There were people everywhere , swarming on the harbourside to watch the brightly lit and decorated boats that had appeared from nowhere and the rockets soaring into the warm night air . |
| 17 | It was one of the things that had disappeared from Renascia towards the end and it gave Fenella an odd , rather out-of-balance feeling to see dawn light again . |
| 18 | The sky was bright , the distant grumble of thunder died away and the sun shone , striking light off the puddles that had gathered from the downpour . |
| 19 | The Society prospered , although at its 1852 annual public tea it could hardly hold a Christmas cheese and wine party members were saddened by the numbers that had fallen from grace once the hay and corn harvests had been collected . |
| 20 | The benefits that had accrued from training were many and varied and were , perhaps , the best advertisement for the Board 's work . |
| 21 | The tribes that had emerged from much earlier migrations were the Iceni and that of Cassivellaunus , who was clearly hostile to the newcomers , seeing them as a threat round the northern borders of his kingdom . |