Example sentences of "[pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Williams agreed to get someone from Grand Met to meet all the landlords affected . |
| 2 | Someone from Central Admin , with a sharkish smile , hands out the evening 's assignments . |
| 3 | I always thought that to be a religious Jew , you had to dress like someone from nineteenth-century Poland . |
| 4 | You have n't been in London for months , so it must be someone from round here . |
| 5 | A graduate perhaps , a very bright secretary promoted from another department , or someone from one of the media contractors who wants the broader experience of agency work . |
| 6 | And someone — someone from close by , someone on or near this site — caught him in the act , and took drastic action . |
| 7 | They stood or sat in groups on all the branches around Little Billy , staring at him as though he were someone from outer space . |
| 8 | When we speak to a child , or to someone from another culture , we can easily estimate this knowledge incorrectly . |
| 9 | But I preferred to think that you were … well , you know … someone from another planet . |
| 10 | And even if someone from another age is standing on this spot , a ghostly paintbrush in her hand , her eyes would n't see what I see . |
| 11 | ‘ So it 's someone from another part of town . ’ |
| 12 | Gin had been the great popular comfort of Paradise Street in her childhood , gin and tea , so she took it as someone from another background might have made a dish of bread and milk . |
| 13 | I think if I could ever call anyone a role model , for me it would be someone from both categories — Madonna for her strength of character and Joni Mitchell for her musicianship , and her lyrics are bloody great . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ We 've been refusing that man a cheque book for months but he just went inside and someone from senior management , who has n't been behind a counter for years , just hands one over without a thought . ’ |
| 15 | It does n't have to be someone from this parish council , maybe other people are interested , or prepared to attend . |
| 16 | Is there a deeper fear that someone from this little part of the world could become another champion of champions like those who went before ? |
| 17 | ( It might be a familiar figure , someone from past ages , an animal , or mythological character . |
| 18 | There 's just point if anyone , someone from head office goes in . |
| 19 | They said that at , someone from third year last year er , she said that Professor is having an extra lecture you know , telling what 's on the exam those things . |
| 20 | Someone from British Coal rang a bemused Rob Gretton to find out what ‘ the political content of the record was ’ as , what with the goings-on with the imminent pit closures they claim not to want any more adverse publicity ! |
| 21 | This does not mean that we can not be friends with an unbeliever — obviously , we can not reach people for Christ if we insulate ourselves from non-Christian company . |
| 22 | We stopped by an empty building and disentangled ourselves from each other . |
| 23 | Without shyness , without hiding ourselves from each other , we undressed . |
| 24 | Providing the trophies , getting to know the people involved , and getting publicity obviously for ourselves from that , which has been very rewarding , very enjoyable . |
| 25 | We wish to distance ourselves from such inferences , even though naturally we would expect our findings to generate constructive discussion about the effective use of pupils ' and teachers ' time in primary schools . |
| 26 | One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles . |
| 27 | And , granted that much , " We " then further discriminate ourselves from other men by elaborations of these same three distinctions : |
| 28 | Sometimes this seemed indicated , as when he told the legislature they must beware ‘ When we are freeing ourselves from one form of imperialism [ against those who would ] … bind us to another one which would swiftly undo all the work that has been done in recent years to foster … a free and independent nation ’ ; ‘ As we would not have British masters , so we would not have Russian masters . ’ |
| 29 | Some of these are deeply rooted and irrational ; they spring from fears about ageing and death and from the psychological need to distance ourselves from selected groups of people ( homosexuals , blacks , etc . ) . |
| 30 | They were opposed by Anthony Cary , Lord Falkland , a Tory , who argued that the throne should not be filled until Parliament had decided what powers to give the Crown , so that " we may secure ourselves from Arbitrary Government " , although in this he was supported by radical Whigs such as Wildman . |