Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our stronger feelings were reserved for the unscrupulous organisers of this sordid trade in human cargoes who were profiting from the Asians ' misery . |
| 2 | In the Christian village of Kahhale , white flags were hanging from the windows . |
| 3 | The rats were hanging from the rope , and there were so many of them that the rope was swinging backwards and forwards . |
| 4 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 5 | Another of her pet projects was Biddick Arts Centre ‘ an old farmhouse so derelict that rats were hanging from the rafters , ’ and the ponds . |
| 6 | Clothes , mostly small garments , were hanging from the rails that had been knocked in the partition . |
| 7 | Snow buntings , their throats bulging with food for hungry nestlings , paid little attention to us , and Lapland buntings were singing from the top of boulders , the males with striking head patterns in their summer plumage . |
| 8 | And Mr Cooper and Nebbins were returning from the field |
| 9 | Creed opened the glass panel one morning as they were returning from the airport and said , ‘ Where do you live , Spaghetti ? ’ |
| 10 | Already the labourers ' wives were returning from the village , long loaves tucked under their arms . |
| 11 | The construction of such a large building was welcomed by the people of Louth , especially as it would create jobs for many men who were returning from the war . |
| 12 | The studio was full ; most of the students were painting from the model , a few were drawing from still life . |
| 13 | The alternative explanation — that more DNA circles were escaping from the cell 's genetic material in the nucleus — now seems less likely . |
| 14 | Already the shadows were receding from the room and she could see the darkness where his eyes were and the lighter line of his beloved lips . |
| 15 | I went to do some work , attempting to photograph some ducks and mergansers that were sheltering from the sun . |
| 16 | The all-seeing wood sandpipers were shouting from the tops of the willow trees in the marsh , vying with dusky or spotted redshanks as to who was sharpest at ‘ people-spotting ’ . |
| 17 | Immediately afterwards the UDF deputies announced that they were withdrawing from the GNA indefinitely . |
| 18 | The two other presidential candidates , Alfonso Santos of the Christian Democratic Front and Guadalupe de Seita , an independent , announced at the end of February that they were withdrawing from the ballot , complaining that government funds had been made available for the Trovoada campaign . |
| 19 | Flames were pouring from the house . |
| 20 | Then he and Nina and the detective inspector were hurrying from the building and climbing into an unmarked police car . |
| 21 | His trouser legs were scorching from the fire and he twisted to one side . |
| 22 | No I wondered how they sustained , were sustained in the countryside if vast numbers were moving from the towns into the impoverished countryside . |
| 23 | And Leonard 's interests in it were moving from the amateur to the professional . |
| 24 | Many were kicked and beaten by eight or more stewards before being flung into the street : ‘ In nearly every case they were bleeding from the head and face and their clothing was badly torn … . ’ |
| 25 | I can remember when the er Going down to the harbour for salt and we were getting from the manufacturer , it was at the time , getting cod liver oil , you know , ready prepared for us which was a quite a saving . |
| 26 | Amazing cooking smells were drifting from the kitchen . |
| 27 | Police fired on a crowd of 4,000 demonstrators who were marching from the suburb of Kirtipur to the city centre , killing at least five . |
| 28 | And Alex was accepting the hand-clasp — Cameron and Menzies were rising from the bench to shout a warning , a plea — the coach jerked under them , flinging them backwards , their heads banged on the panelling , they were pounding down the hill towards the crowd , Colberg 's voice yelling ‘ At them ! at them ! ’ , people reeling away on both sides , jumping onto the parapet , a woman screaming , a red wound slashed along her brow . |
| 29 | Very intimate sounds were coming from the cubicles , but it was n't until the girl who had beckoned her earlier on came out of one of them and pointed to another where the door was open , and whispered harshly , ‘ Do n't you want to go ? ’ that she realised , Yes ; yes , she did want to go . |
| 30 | He did n't bother to look back to see whether the shots were coming from the patrol boat or from the tender . |