Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] from [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was where Luch silently led Marion Maclean , slowly recovering from her shock during the four-mile walk . |
| 2 | During employment the employee may damage his employer 's business in the following ways : ( a ) working for a competitor during his hours of employment ; ( b ) working for a competitor in his spare time ; ( c ) making preparations in order to compete with his employer after he has left ; ( d ) disclosing or using the employer 's business secrets ; or ( e ) failing to disclose information which may be of use to his employer and in some instances personally profiting from its use . |
| 3 | When the carriage stopped at Langley Dene , the butler seemed more deferential as he opened the door and Mrs Langley , instead of merely rising from her chair , came half way across the drawing-room to welcome Alexandra . |
| 4 | He had a closer association with Gilbert de Clare , ninth Earl of Gloucester [ q.v. ] , perhaps resulting from his marriage , before 30 June 1308 ( Cal . |
| 5 | so speaking from your knowledge , you would have made the request in or about September nineteen eighty six that should be updated ? |
| 6 | As Sean will testify I have been pretty anti Strachan in the past especially when he was still playing when obviously suffering from his back trouble . |
| 7 | Perhaps then Britain is only losing from its delay in moving to ‘ post-Fordism ’ , and creating the flexible small modern factory . |
| 8 | But by this time there was something very obviously missing from her play . |
| 9 | The tip of the envelope was just protruding from her bag . |
| 10 | Her eyes went straight to the wicker chair by the window where a baby was just waking from its morning sleep . |
| 11 | Uncle Hamish was already rising from his seat , looking positively twinkly with health and good cheer . |
| 12 | Just as Eve came from Adam 's rib , just as Venus was born out of the waves , Agnes sprang from the gesture of that sixty-year-old woman at the pool who waved to the lifeguard and whose features are already fading from my memory . |
| 13 | Releasing a pent-up breath , only then did she realise that she was actually physically tingling from her encounter with the man who had called to collect Travis . |
| 14 | Sitting in Camden 's World 's End pub , Debbie and fellow Curve axe-wielder , Alex Mitchell are still recovering from their appearance at this year 's Glastonbury festival . |
| 15 | The victim , aged 44 , is still recovering from her ordeal which happened outside Barclays Bank in Kingsway , Dovercourt , on February 22 . |
| 16 | Caspar and Fenella had to explain it four times , and a fifth for Flaherty , who was still recovering from his overindulgence in the matter of the mulled wine . |
| 17 | Endill was still recovering from his journey in the basket lift and he followed behind the Headmaster without a word . |
| 18 | Tracy , of Derwent Street , Darlington , yesterday recovering from her ordeal , said she was walking by herself to the video shop when she heard the car racing up the alley . |
| 19 | Charlton , still glowing from his goal for a World Veteran XI in the Stadium of Light , watched Cantona 's performance closely and said : ‘ Eric is a very strong player with a good touch and awareness . |
| 20 | The old inquisitor slunk into the night , spittle still dripping from his cheek . |
| 21 | The fellow wandered over waving a broomstick and the cat , its quarry still swinging from his mouth , fled up the spiral , wooden staircase . |
| 22 | Still smarting from his snub and his scathing reference to Suzie , she found her mind was made up . |
| 23 | He was still smarting from his encounter with the child prostitute . |
| 24 | Recently my husband , despairing of me ever emerging from my room and cooking his dinner , offered to make some baked beans on toast . |
| 25 | ‘ It transpired that the Archdiocese of New York had allowed the state to defame , prosecute and condemn me , not only without offering me any aid , but also keeping from my attorney any information which might have helped me . ’ |
| 26 | Johnny yelled , his eyes nearly starting from his head . |
| 27 | Her eldest son , Albert Edward , Prince of Wales , was fifty-nine years of age , and as he had travelled extensively , as the Prince of Wales , in Europe , Canada , U.S.A. and India , also Palestine , Turkey , Egypt and Russia , he was much practised in the matters of state , His wife , Alexandra , was of considerable help to him and during his reign as King there sprang up , in 1904 , the ‘ Entente Cordiale ’ between Britain and France , probably arising from his visit to Paris in May 1903 . |
| 28 | We watched with admiration as Alice our skater , now recovering from her ordeal and the fact that her son was a girl , began to unpack the beautiful Swiss lace gowns she had brought with her . |
| 29 | Miss Godfrey , who was shocked but otherwise unharmed , is now recovering from her ordeal . |
| 30 | Jeff is now recovering from his injury , and is organising the local Great Yarmouth half marathon which will take place on 25 July . |