Example sentences of "[adv prt] from under the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in the lake an old man came up from under the water and took a great scoopful of water and drank deeply . |
| 2 | A wail more dismal than the bird cries rose up from under the horse . |
| 3 | A perfect end to a perfect day : a chocolate-smeared face peers up from under the table . |
| 4 | And , while a little pressure can do us good — without it some of us might n't even bother to slither out from under the Slumberdown in the mornings — too much is definitely a bad thing . |
| 5 | He checked her name in a large directory he pulled out from under the desk . |
| 6 | For the first time Hitler was not able to get out from under the responsibility ; for the first time the critical rumours are aimed straight at him . |
| 7 | I crawled out from under the back of the tractor just in case anybody thought to peer into the barn , and was about to use the lawn-mower for cover when my foot caught something hard and suddenly I was face down on the ground again . |
| 8 | When Anabelle woke , she crawled out from under the shrub and saw the moon sailing high in the sky . |
| 9 | A blackbird with its beak gleaming golden against the white , scuttled out from under the rhododendron bushes making a flurry of snow slither off the broad leaves . |
| 10 | Where can Jenny have been , in the course of her adolescence , to be willing , if only out of nervousness , to accept that the Reds in Spain have been swept out from under the bed and up into mountain caves ? |
| 11 | Tony inquired peeping out from under the bed . |
| 12 | And her outdoor boots were sticking out from under the bed . |
| 13 | He returned to his room and pulled his holdall out from under the bed . |
| 14 | John 's legs stick out from under the bed towards the door The older man signals for the younger to cover the door . |
| 15 | She started to snake out from under the bed , clutching the renegade shoe . |
| 16 | I thought he might crawl out from under the bed ! |
| 17 | I went over to the body nearest to me , the rubber soled Commando boots sticking out from under the blanket . |
| 18 | Said nothing , got out from under the blanket . |
| 19 | The man in white is thin and wiry with flashing black eyes and black hair sticking out from under the cap , wild looking . |
| 20 | He hauled a pillow out from under the bedspread and arranged it to ease his throbbing temples . |
| 21 | If this is done , the tyres should be right on the tip and not half on the ground , otherwise if the glider does move , the tip will slide out from under the tyre and be freed . |
| 22 | Snakes that crawl out from under the stone of history |
| 23 | They were n't alone ; and then the next thought was that Sandy must have come up from below and was now standing on the quay , but then that thought died as what he 'd taken for her shadow came out from under the stairway . |
| 24 | They strode to meet the carts , and Alexei came out from under the tree . |
| 25 | The crew swam out from under the canoe and attached themselves to the upturned hull . |
| 26 | Through the window , Carl saw a man in a white coat run out from under the plane with something that looked like a grenade in his hand . |
| 27 | He added that splinter groups should not be pulling the carpet out from under the coalition . |
| 28 | Thus as we have seen Darwin pulled a plank out from under the creation stories . |
| 29 | Trent slid out from under the bush and took a deep breath . |
| 30 | Guns come out from under the suede coats as fast as at the OK Corral . |