Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dinner is served , Madam , " Twomey announced quietly from the doorway . |
| 2 | Dan got up from the breakfast bar . |
| 3 | WC apps : 1st time Costa Rica qualified early from the Concacaf play-offs , leaving the rest to fight it out among themselves . |
| 4 | Philippa got up from the chair she had brought into the kitchen , went to take the cloth from Lee 's lap , decided against it , and started to wipe up the insidious liquid with tissues . |
| 5 | At the sound of her mother 's voice , faint but even at this distance still accusing , away down there on the snow-covered lawn , Alexandra drew away from the window into the shadows of the room behind . |
| 6 | Silently , Kirov moved away from the table and began to walk slowly down the street . |
| 7 | Moving as quietly as possible on the gravel , Patrick moved away from the kitchen , and then continued on until he came level with the basement windows . |
| 8 | Like a wrung cloth , Jessica peered palely from the casement for the last time , she told herself . |
| 9 | Marcus jerked away from the contact and lashed out , pushing Pete onto his backside . |
| 10 | Rebecca recovered quickly from the shock of finding that she was not alone . |
| 11 | Aldhelm got up from the turf on which a new and unsteady lamb was also trying to get to its feet , nuzzled by the quivering ewe . |
| 12 | Carlie got up from the footstool . |
| 13 | Hatch straightened up from the plant box , and surveyed his handiwork for a second before looking at Cowley and saying , ‘ Maiden Lane or Memory Lane ? |
| 14 | Kathleen moved slowly from the doorway and shook her head , without speaking . |
| 15 | Where WinEdit stands out from the rest is for programmers who use Microsoft C and SDK . |
| 16 | Rex dropped down from the ceiling . |
| 17 | Erm , it was called the Marseillaise , erm , because the volunteers from Marseilles came up from the south , and entered Paris and they were singing , erm , this one . |
| 18 | A few weeks later Patrick Ashby came back from the dead and went home to inherit the family house and fortune . |
| 19 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 20 | After both his first two visits Frere came unhappily from the bedroom , managing a brave but unconvincing smile and admitting only his boundless gratitude to Louisa for her pains . |
| 21 | As we were talking , out of the corner of my eye I could see Balvinder Singh stumbling back from the cooking-corner of the tent , holding a plate piled high with hot pakoras . |
| 22 | Scared pelicans flapped away , and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion . |
| 23 | Later I turned a page and uttered a gasp of stunned surprise that made Edward look up from the manuscript he scrutinized . |
| 24 | Edward turned away from the assembled prelates and nobles of his council and addressed Philip V as follows : |
| 25 | Madge held the folds of material away as Therese climbed down from the stage . |
| 26 | Kathleen turned away from the window , hastily , for fear her sister should see her watching and began to get out the mixing bowl and pastry board , the flour and the milk . |
| 27 | Levi withdrew entirely from the Israeli delegation . |
| 28 | Ari wriggled away from the chair and backed towards the door . |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he answered , bewildered , and was even more surprised when Therese called down from the stage , ‘ Coming for coffee , Madge ? |
| 30 | Barnett swung away from the bar , his hand finding the slippery handle of the knife . |