Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] from [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She leaned on the table — her head jutting forward , wisps of iron-grey hair sticking from beneath the cap which she had not yet changed for a wig — and asked Midnight : ‘ What do y'know of the Captain 's affairs ? |
| 2 | It is now known as a foetus , this term applying from about the end of the second month . |
| 3 | Simultaneously with clinical observations such as these , academic psychologists were also beginning to incorporate a similar idea into their models of normal cognitive functioning and most contemporary theories of human information processing contain the notion of a mechanism that screens and selects the products of consciousness ; necessarily so , since organised thought would be impossible without some device that allows the mind to choose from among the many stimuli — both internal and external — with which it is constantly bombarded . |
| 4 | A " dirty tricks " department operated from within the White House , hatching schemes to smear possible Democratic opponents . |
| 5 | Patronage in effect chose from among the qualified candidates those whose rise would be accelerated , and its advantages in easing the movement upwards on a rapidly narrowing ladder is evident . |
| 6 | On his right in the luminous water of the second flood of the day were dotted little green islands , and the chug of an occasional motor boat echoed from beyond the marshy river mouths on the far side of the stretch of water , rivers full of reeds and duck , up which were villages with stone bridges and beyond which was heathland and peace . |
| 7 | According to producer John Deering it will vary from week to week with May reporting live from throughout the province on people , places and products . |
| 8 | On cue , the rowing boat appeared from around the coastal bend and in it two topless dykes roaring and cheering were urging their little craft into the cove . |
| 9 | He turned and a figure appeared from behind the shed . |
| 10 | And then another figure appeared from behind the carob . |
| 11 | Out here in the open , with the world large around him and light beckoning from beyond the horizon , it was not easy to fit Keelan into whatever lay ahead for him . |
| 12 | His stepdad got into the van and drove off , gravel spitting from under the wheels . |
| 13 | The biggest influence on this change came from across the Channel via the writings of the so-called ‘ French school ’ of urban sociology , whose most influential figure was undoubtedly Manuel Castells . |
| 14 | In this case the driving force for transformational change came from within the organization and was led by the top leadership . |
| 15 | Joseph could see tufts of grizzled hair protruding from beneath the sweat-soaked turban wrapped around the head of his aged coolie and he did n't have the heart to order him to gallop . |
| 16 | Then a stomping noise came from behind the kids and I saw some massive black rubber boots coming slowly down the stairs . |
| 17 | A Roman coin came from under the tower at the restoration of 1855 , but one can not make too much of that . |
| 18 | Farther south , the Andean civilisation had more similarities with Mesopotamia than with China ; so the idea that its shaping influence came from across the Pacific seems especially far-fetched . |
| 19 | But now there was a competing outcry sounding from around the bend of the river . |
| 20 | She made some coffee , and went out on the balcony in her cotton housecoat , where she could see the sun rising from behind the dark hills , and the slopes slowly become bathed with light . |
| 21 | A better working position results from arranging the seating with light from the window coming from behind the pupils and on to the work surface . |
| 22 | What now , with the sun bursting from behind the head |
| 23 | Since so much assistance comes from outwith the area , there is a danger that what is being done may be regarded by them as alien , like Lord Leverhulme 's ill-fated projects . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , does anybody know where all that cotton comes from in the first place ? ’ |
| 25 | Mattress hauled from off the bed , |
| 26 | A leader arose from among the confusion and panic of those troubled times : Magnus , a noble of Nuln . |
| 27 | ‘ It will probably clear itself before long , ’ Pet commented from across the kitchen . |
| 28 | Hanging on the wall ( behind the lemons ) is a lethal-looking old American corn-drying rack Top The farmhouse seen from across the fields Above Graeme and Sam Fifield-Hall |
| 29 | The sound came from over the garden wall and I knew that no-one in that part of Gigant Street kept chicken . |
| 30 | Presently , in the silence that followed these remarks , the two young women heard the sound of distant guns more distant , it seemed , than the sepoy cannons which had been firing intermittently throughout their conversation ; this sound echoed from across the dark rim of the plain . |