Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bean got down from the cab , grinning happily . |
| 2 | He got down from the cab . |
| 3 | The driver got down from the cab and walked slowly down the platform and disappeared through a solid wooden door . |
| 4 | He got down from the wall and walked on . |
| 5 | In Bawiti , the main village of the oasis , Salah got down from the bus and waved us after him . |
| 6 | ‘ Christ , Piper , that 's all we need , the bloody Navy ! ’ burst out Taff as two sailors got down from the jeep and started to unload their gear . |
| 7 | There 'll be nobody in at this hour ! ’ he repeated loudly , to the men behind as he got down from the jeep . |
| 8 | She got down from the jeep , straightened her dress and headed back towards the barn . |
| 9 | He got down from the jeep and walked into the villa , his shirt crumpled , and his footsteps weary . |
| 10 | The young officer got down from the train and went into the station building . |
| 11 | Measuring applause does not reveal that the movie was memorable for the woman in the third row because the building on screen reminded her of where she went to school and all those childhood memories came flooding back intercut with the film while the auditorium gently shook as an underground train passed beneath and cigarette ash fluttered down from the balcony in the projector beam . |
| 12 | When I got in from the airport — yesterday , give or take a week — the flat felt lightly dishevelled , hurriedly lived-in , as if the cleaning-lady 's efforts had been briskly cancelled or mussed . |
| 13 | ‘ Someone got in from the sea-wall . |
| 14 | ( IBM never did and probably never will do anything without proper training , planned in from the beginning . |
| 15 | With that , he hopped down from the rock , leaving its previous occupant free rein over the throng . |
| 16 | Replacing Norman Lamont at the Treasury with Kenneth Clarke , drafted in from the Home Office , may improve the government 's image . |
| 17 | Five wickets toppled for 65 in the lunch-to-tea period , the first three to a fiery Malcolm , who steamed in from the Nursery end and seemed to think he was Waqar . |
| 18 | The late evening sun slanted in from the west . |
| 19 | As the point of the bayonet moved down from the level of his chest he acted without thinking . |
| 20 | They confirmed there was a landing before the platoon moved down from the hill and astride the road west of Dili , where a Bren gun team caught a marching column of Japanese . |
| 21 | A total of 98 competitors weighed in from an entry of 126 even though the venue rose five feet above normal . |
| 22 | It just bounced in from the garden . |
| 23 | Then the removal men came out of the house for the last time , wiping their brows on their once-white aprons , and then they helped down from the van a little old lady . |
| 24 | When we run the satellite sequence , you can see all the cloud that moved in from the west overnight and the good news is that the back edge is not too far away . |
| 25 | Garotting gangs were said to work in threes — a ‘ front stall ’ and a ‘ back-stall ’ who acted is look-outs — and a ‘ nasty ’ man' who moved in from the rear : hug on' had been used by guards in the convict hulks in order to subdue troublesome prisoners , and that this was where the original garotting gangs had learned the art . |
| 26 | Dogs , noisily barking , wandered in from the courtyard and were busy sniffing amongst the rubbish . |
| 27 | David Robinson headed over from a corner after three minutes , Mark Prudhoe booted away a close range effort from Bobby Barnes after 22 minutes , while Ken Charlery lobbed wide with only the keeper to beat after 35 minutes . |
| 28 | Willows and other small trees grew thickly on the banks of Lough Corrib , fenced off from the road . |
| 29 | " I do hope we see some good views of puffins , " said Jane as we moved off from the mooring . |
| 30 | An odour of dank river air swam up from the river . |