Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [v-ing] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because both sides of the political divide are benefiting from the traffic , the issue is brushed under the carpet . |
| 2 | Richard Fynes noted that : ‘ The men were sufficiently endowed with natural interest to be observant of the effect of wind upon the ventilation of the mines , and even as late as 1822 , before barometers and thermometers were generally used in the pits to indicate the state of the temperature , if the wind were blowing from the southeast threatening rain , the men refused to work . ’ |
| 3 | Should England win the World Cup next time round , you will undoubtedly notice that a small shard of plexiglass is missing from the said carrying case . |
| 4 | The wind is coming from the north now , and it 's stronger . |
| 5 | wind is coming from the North here . |
| 6 | The wind is gusting from the North at speeds of between 20 kph and 40 kph . |
| 7 | Add a touch of fun to your garden , as well as the ability to see which way the wind is blowing from the comfort of your armchair , with these attractive weathervanes . |
| 8 | The BBC 's attempt to record a guitar recital in the small parish church of St Helen , at Brant Broughton , in Lincolnshire , was interrupted by a sparrow 's chirruping from the eaves . |
| 9 | On 11 May 1846 W.M. Wilkinson , their lawyer , wrote to the Home Office to ask what was happening : ‘ The Governors of the Veterinary College at Camden Town are anxious that the Charter for which they have petitioned Her Majesty or such modification thereof as you may approve should be granted without further delay , as great inconvenience and loss to the Institution is arising from the want of such Charter . |
| 10 | Certain stock was missing from the infirmary , including a number of mackintosh sheets . |
| 11 | My wig was swinging from the hooks on the charm bracelet , my orange hair tumbled over my face like a pound of grapes in an egg-cup and one shoe-less leg stuck out of a semi-detached dress . |
| 12 | The Anarkali was dark and quiet and a lot of the light was coming from the candle between us . |
| 13 | Blood was pouring from the side of the Doctor 's face . |
| 14 | Dark , sluggish blood was running from the wounds made by the Elms and there was the gleam of whitish bone and of raw muscle . |
| 15 | The daylight was fleeing from the wilderness that he could not see but whose emptiness beyond the shuttered windows he understood . |
| 16 | It was raining hard now , and the wind was screaming from the back of the ship . |
| 17 | The sounds were inexplicable since the wind was blowing from the Glastonbury direction and the high ground shielded the quarry from it , as shown by the fact that the stunted bushes on the lip of the quarry did not move . |
| 18 | The wind was blowing from the sea and he instinctively opened his wings , leaned round into it and circled up and back , quartering the cliffs around him with his eyes to see what or who was there . |
| 19 | On this cold January afternoon , it was already dark outside , and a bitter wind was blowing from the north . |
| 20 | And the fire actually started beyond the North Wall , just by the North Gate , but the wind was blowing from the North , and it blew it down , and although it did n't burn the rather better stone houses , facing onto St Aldate 's , erm behind I think a lot of the poorer houses did suffer , and St Ebbe 's parish , next door , suffered a great deal , and because it was war , I think they just , the city council , city records lament that there how hard it is for people , and there 's no money to help them . |
| 21 | A wind was gusting from the sea , it clasped small stones and dust , and threw fistfuls at my head . |
| 22 | The green paperweight and the blue glass cat were missing from the chest-top . |
| 23 | While it is sad that Green Arrow is departing from the main line scene it is appropriate that this beautiful locomotive 's final run will be on the Settle and Carlisle line : in 1978 she hauled the ‘ pilot ’ steam specials over line which proved so successful that the route was released as an approved ‘ steam line ’ . |
| 24 | The results will indicate if the child is learning from the intervention . |
| 25 | You knew the great winter was coming from the north . |
| 26 | The sun was falling from the sky , exhausted after its day 's work , and the approaching twilight made the school seem even larger . |
| 27 | The sun was sliding from the sky , streaking the clouds with vermilion as it went . |
| 28 | These revisions do not ask us to view the prewar Japanese peasant as a prosperous and independent cultivator , but they suggest that at least part of the rural sector was benefiting from the course of development . |
| 29 | Music and laughter was spilling from the grand chamber . |
| 30 | A dark stain was spreading from the crotch of his Levis . |