Example sentences of "from [art] shadows [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the shadows of a doorway on 79th Street , Pie'oh'pah watched John Furie Zacharias emerge from the apartment building , pull the collar of his jacket up around his bare nape , and scan the street north and south , looking for a cab . |
| 2 | Barak swung round then let out a deep sigh when Laidlaw emerged from the shadows of an oak tree on the other side of the road . |
| 3 | He was only jolted out of his misery when he approached the front door leading to his much-maligned flat and , as he struggled to pull his keys out of his right pocket with his left hand , a voice spoke to him from the shadows of the front porch . |
| 4 | From the shadows of the chasm I had already spotted the beige and white pigeon goose-stepping around on the grass just outside Pigeon Alley , apparently pecking at sweet f.a . |
| 5 | A voice came from the shadows of the doorway behind them . |
| 6 | From the other side of the room , from the shadows of the wood-store where they had entered , something was dragging itself across the floor towards them … |
| 7 | A big bimbo in cool pants and bra came swaying from the shadows of the rear corridor . |
| 8 | Someone was watching from the shadows of the forest . |
| 9 | It was then that a familiar figure detached itself from the shadows of the trees and moved out into the dim orange light of one of the streetlamps . |
| 10 | Lear 's birds fill the page , stalking warily or glowering protectively over a half-dead prey ; his eagle owl , perhaps the most famous of all , glares menacingly from the shadows of twilight , its great yellow eyes mirrored by a lull moon . |
| 11 | Forgotten-man Pavel emerges from the shadows for only his second League appearance for the Geordies in 13 months and just three weeks after coming off the transfer list . |
| 12 | ‘ A loose tongue to match a loose brain , eh , Thomas ? ’ chuckled a third voice from the shadows beyond the fire . |
| 13 | It was eerie listening to this voice , one moment high and hysterical , sibilant as a snake 's the next , issuing from the shadows as if directed down that merciless beam of light . |
| 14 | It had n't reached the zenith of its arc before a black shape detached itself from the shadows in the corner of the room and swooped down , taking the morsel in mid-air . |
| 15 | There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out . |
| 16 | The woman who came towards Molly from the shadows by the bookcase was very tall and swaying like a poplar in a high wind . |
| 17 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 18 | Macedonia did not re-emerge from the shadows until the twentieth century . |
| 19 | The hurricane-lamp was placed about twenty feet in front and pumped up to maximum brilliance while we lay sweating and mosquito-bitten in the shadows , fingering our cameras and the trigger of our temperamental Sun Gun , expecting that at any moment a curious snake would be drawn to the light from the shadows behind us , rather than from the cave ahead . |
| 20 | They walked into the hall , and both jumped when Clyde the night watchman spoke from the shadows behind them . |