Example sentences of "ran from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the swarm of people flowed down the path , stumbling on stones where a burn ran in winter or after thunderstorms , between the silvery wands of rowans with their clusters of blood-drops and the quivering tapestry of the alders , down into the Tay which ran from the west like molten iron , too flashing bright to look at , and over the Tay , wet to the waist ; the girls and boys who had not gone home were prancing and shrieking when they fell full length . |
| 2 | He ran from the house saying that he was going to commit suicide . |
| 3 | And then , overcome by her own emotion , she ran from the gym , and the school . |
| 4 | The rambler roses in the garden beyond grew along chains which dipped up and down and swung in the wind between six foot high posts , and a row of strangely shaped lumps of yew , grown hugely out of proportion , ran from the north corner of the house . |
| 5 | As the friendship between father and youth developed , Helen frequently ran from the kitchen to open the door to him and occasionally saw him out . |
| 6 | She ran from the room and up to her bedroom where the windows were kept open all day to destroy the germs . |
| 7 | She ran from the canteen , furiously knocking chairs from her path . |
| 8 | Two small boys ran from the damp gloom of a back close , closely pursued by a third , who raced after them , swinging something over his head , then hurling it high in the air . |
| 9 | But when I mentioned that there was a legendary tunnel that ran from the battlements of Beaufort down through the sheer rock to the bottom of the Litani gorge , they leapt to their feet and bounded up one of the staircases . |
| 10 | The so-called Alamein position ran from the sea southwards to the edge of the Qattara Depression , a deep chasm 150 miles long and with very steep sides . |
| 11 | At Easter 1983 , a crowd the police estimated at 40,000 linked hands to form a human chain that ran from the air base at Greenham Common to Aldermaston and the Royal Ordnance Factory at Burghfield in Berkshire . |
| 12 | People ran from the blocks to the lavatories and back with pinched faces and sat in their rooms wishing they had saved a little coal . |
| 13 | I was so glad of it as I ran from the admission ward to my office and back . |
| 14 | Then she ran from the cloakroom , down the narrow dark passage and out into the night . |
| 15 | Two broad ledges , shelf and bench and bunk , ran from the wall by the door to the opposite wall , and two grimy mattresses lay on them . |
| 16 | A thread of spittle ran from the corner of his mouth and down his chin . |
| 17 | And every day I ran from the tube to the rehearsal room . |
| 18 | As the boy ran from the stable , his master called after him , ‘ Bring plenty ! |
| 19 | So saying she ran from the kitchen and up to her bedroom , leaving those round the table confused and upset . |
| 20 | Tamar called back , as she almost ran from the room . |
| 21 | Polly looked about her in amazement as they flew higher and higher , and higher still across fields and meadows , until they reached the river that ran from the village to the town . |
| 22 | It was replaced by trolleybus route 630 , which ran from the existing loop at West Croydon to College Park , Harlesden , still described as ‘ Near Willesden Junction ’ . |
| 23 | The trolleybuses were replaced by two motor bus routes , 154 and 157 , which ran from the Crystal Palace beyond Sutton to Morden and 157 continued to Raynes Park . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh Christ , they must have decided to walk ! ’ he said angrily , and ran from the study . |
| 25 | Although Peter Handford had intended to return to the Bath side of the tunnel at night to make recordings of the several trains which at that time ran from the north towards Bournemouth in the early hours of Saturday morning , he did not do so , partly because he was reluctant to visit the place in darkness and also because each time he visited Winsor Hill tunnel to make recordings he experienced problems and misfortunes of one sort or another . |
| 26 | Defenders Andy Hill and Ian Brightwell then ran from the back to score in the last 16 minutes . |
| 27 | But yesterday the horse ran from the little known stable of Roger Ingram . |
| 28 | The boy ran from the room , frightened . |
| 29 | She ran from the Courtyard of the Lions , shouting for you , the heralds report . |
| 30 | A scar ran from the corner of his eye to under his jawbone , and his tattooed arms rested on the desk in front of him , which was covered with mementoes of his Legion career . |