Example sentences of "rain [v-ing] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below it flows the Dorn , known to the Saxons as the Milk , from the cloudiness of its water after rain : and one still sees it as the Saxons saw it a thousand years ago , as I saw it a few minutes ago in the thin rain drifting down from the Cotswolds . |
| 2 | But if you had an imminent on your side you could have had the ache of the wind and rain crying down from the clouds . ’ |
| 3 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |
| 4 | Add to this a language problem , surround the ship with smaller fishing vessels and throw liberal quantities of slimy mackerel underfoot , anchor it in a remote Scottish loch with vicious squalls of wind and rain roaring down from the surrounding hills , try working for days on end with very little sleep in these conditions and you have some idea of our difficulties . |
| 5 | It was just after nine the following night , rain pounding in from the Atlantic , when Asa stood in the control tower at Laville and watched the Dornier take off . |