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Example sentences for "east from"

  • At midnight it changed its direction to East-South-East from a quarter to half a knot an hour.

  • Landor and Lefroy, who found it about 100 miles South-South-East from Beverley.

  • Five miles to the south-east from where we stood it communicated with a large lagoon; after leaving which, I was informed there was only a depth of three feet, and a width of one eighth of a mile.

  • Six and nine miles North by East from it we had crossed several lines of ripplings and shoal patches of 4 and 5 fathoms.

  • Haggerston's Island, as was also another reef, seven miles South by East from it: the positions of these reefs are doubtful.

  • Nine miles to the eastward of Fitzroy Island is a small bare sandy island; and, at about seven miles North-East by East from it, there was an appearance of extensive shoals.

  • Greenewich was first builded by Humfreie duke of Glocester, vpon the Thames side foure miles east from London, in the time of Henrie the sixt, and called Pleasance.

  • In Gillesland in Come Whitton paroche not far from the chappell of the Moore, six miles by east from Carleill, a coffin of stone was found, and therein the bones of a man, of more than incredible greatnes.

  • This river disembogues itself at the distance of five days journey south-east from Cangiu, into the sea at Zaitum all the country between being extremely pleasant, and abounding in trees and shrubs of camphor.

  • Fifty miles south-east from them is a rich and great province, or island, called Lochae[7].

  • Reached Mombekine, which is about sixteen miles East-North-East from Newcastle.

  • There was a high mount to the north-east from here, which lay nearly west from Mount James-Winter, which I called Mount Officer.

  • By his account they all lay due east from hence, and they appeared to be the most wonderful places in the world.

  • Mount Hale now bore a little to the north of east from us, and the timber of the Murchison could be seen for the first time from some hills near the camp.

  • The American coast was seen and landed upon; Cape Prince of Wales and the shore south and east from it are recognizable.

  • The 25 at sixe of the clocke in the morning, we had sight of the Ile of Pike, it bare North and by East from vs, we being 15 leagues off.

  • The 6th Infantry Brigade made considerable progress east of the Werwicq-Staden road in co-operation with the French IX Corps which pushed east and north-east from Zonnebeke.

  • It is ten coses north-east from Balirampur, and is still a considerable thoroughfare, although not so great as Butaul.

  • From this day, till the sixth of this Moneth, we ranne along Island, and had the South part of it at eight of the clocke, East from vs ten leagues.

  • Southermost part of it was Southeast by East from them, and the Northermost next, North Northeast, or Northeast.

  • It is situated south-east from Luzon, on the farther side of the Strait of San Bernardino, which is three leagues in breadth.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    acknowledge the; affirmative answer; can get; east angle; east coast; east direction; east half; east part; east point; east side; east trade; east trades; east transept; east window; easterly course; easterly direction; eastern corner; eastern extremity; eastern part; eastern parts; eastern side; its position; once became; pinnate leaves; private soldier; speaking race