Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discovery , in 1945 by Brotzu in Sardinia , of antibiotic activity in a species of Cephalosporium recovered from the sea near a sewage outfall was brought to Florey 's attention by a former British public health officer and led to work at Oxford and elsewhere on this and similar organisms . |
| 2 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 3 | Miss Honey asked from the head of the table . |
| 4 | Marcus shouted from the doorway in that distinctly unfriendly tone of his and clapped his hands hard . |
| 5 | As soon as our visitors had gone , Holmes changed from the talker to the man of action . |
| 6 | McMaster moved from the seaside to take up a new teaching post in Drumahoe near Londonderry last week , and decided to make the break with the club he has served so well for a decade . |
| 7 | Hector whispered from the bed . |
| 8 | ‘ My husband is a man , ’ Emilia interrupted from the impatience of her pain , ‘ with a man 's insensitivities . ’ |
| 9 | This time Paisley led from the front . |
| 10 | Travis asked from the fire , where he was setting up a pan of water . |
| 11 | Rex gazed from the window . |
| 12 | When , during a home game in February 1927 , Hardy shouted from the touchline to a player to move up-field , Chapman chose to regard it as a breach of his authority and arranged for Hardy to move to Tottenham , where a vacancy had conveniently arisen . |
| 13 | Millie rose from the stool and , looking at her prospective and harassed mistress , she said , ‘ Oh , it 's all right . |
| 14 | Jean fled from the room . |
| 15 | Ann Marie moved from the Holgate End to propose before the 19,000 crowd . |
| 16 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 17 | Basingstoke moved from the Beazer to the Premier Division of the Vauxhall League in 1987 . |
| 18 | It was almost time for Compline when Cadfael came from the gardens after his last round of the evening , and saw horsemen riding in at the gate . |
| 19 | She knew that Richard came from the castle and understood that his family was the family to which all the others deferred , but now instead of intimidating her Richard 's status seemed to impart a sense of protection . |
| 20 | Biggins scored from the penalty spot after only 10 minutes and added another soon after before Mark Stein completed the scoring . |
| 21 | The boy Crinan and Lulach strolled from the table together . |
| 22 | Like the Armagnacs , the Albret profited from the rise of the de Goth family and its branches to a place in the sun under Clement V. Between 1305 and 1314 there are fifty references to Amanieu VII d'Albret in the papal registers : he received appointments as papal vicar in Italy and as a nuncio , although he was a layman , to England . |
| 23 | KGB troops loyal to Nabiyev fired from the building at the demonstrators , causing up to 20 deaths . |
| 24 | After Hannele had gone from view , Edward turned from the window and surveyed the bed . |
| 25 | Two of the members , trumpeter Bryan Allen and horn player Stephen Roberts graduated from the University Music Department in 1980 , Stephen Roberts having previously studied at the Royal College of Music and held orchestral positions with the BBC . |
| 26 | Originally conceived as the joint Gabcikovo-Nagymáros project under a 1977 agreement , work on the dam was suspended after Hungary withdrew from the scheme in 1989 [ see p. 37048 ] . |
| 27 | During May-June 1990 FAPLA withdrew from the Mavinga region , UNITA describing the withdrawal as a " resounding defeat " for the government . |
| 28 | Lucy turned from the mirror . |
| 29 | This brought one of Neil 's cracks of laughter and the comment , ‘ A wily gent , I see , ’ and then silence took over again , and lasted for a long time , until the front door opened , and Matey returned from the sewing circle at St Jude 's Church Hall , and stared at them , sitting there in the dusk , hunched over the board , rapt . |
| 30 | Adams benefited from the tailenders ' intention to belt him out of the ground , taking three of the last five wickets for final figures of four for 43 from 21.4 overs . |