Example sentences of "[vb past] one from " in BNC.

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1 With a pinch of ingenuity , he built one from Thermolite blocks rendered with cement and sand .
2 The letters themselves began with a private approach to Cecil by William Kirkcaldy of Grange ; then came one from five Scottish Protestants , Argyll , lord James and others , written on 19 July , and remarkable for its spelling , its rhetorical power , and its refusal to state positively what was wanted .
3 I never received one from you , though you had many from me , of course .
4 Even if you have never given a bottle feed yourself it is possible that the baby received one from a nurse while in the maternity ward .
5 Sendei obtained one from the dispenser and tossed it to her .
6 But they did not maintain an image ; or at least , not until an outsider pressed them , assembled one from what he thought were the parts , tried it out on them and modified it to accommodate their comments and additional information .
7 I fetched one from the dining-room , and gave it to him .
8 Somehow then she recalled the couple of business cards which Cara had given her and , in the hope that the woman might take her card to the master of the house , she dived into her bag and extracted one from her wallet and extended it to the woman .
9 If the regret of the bereaved was not to be alleviated by continuing remembrance and hope of reunion , the whole process became one from which it was better to avert the eyes .
10 Mr. Ennals got one from the Prime Minister 's son during his visit here on behalf of the British Government .
11 I got one from Mars I think .
12 I have n't had a jelly for ages and I got one from Sainsbury 's .
13 Erm , there 's a sort of shop in the mall that sort of sells , oh it , it does key cutting and heeling and stuff , we got one from there in the end .
14 I 've got quite a lot of little carvings er , from I got one from er
15 Yeah , erm , called the Cycle Book , I 've got a copy erm , and so I got one from him , and there 's quite a few adverts in there bikes .
16 well that were a long time ago , they 've got some from down here , Edinburgh Road , you got one from Edinburgh Road
17 aye I got one from Edinburgh Road , but I do n't know how much there up there are , there 's no price on them
18 I bought Amanda a card yesterday cos she was a bit down so I thought , oh I 'll send her one a card , and I got one from .
19 No , you got one from mum in the evening .
20 I was just about to offer him my pen when he produced one from his carrier bag : a grotty looking biro with a chewed end .
21 Earlier , McWalters barrister , Hugh Vass , stressed his client 's ‘ exemplary character ’ and pointed out that letters of character reference included one from a retired police sergeant .
22 She pulled one from its hanger and rubbed it against her cheek , her eyes closed .
23 Even so , many an intrepid user carted one from pillar to post while keeping an eye out for a mains socket .
24 We will phase out the Assisted Places scheme ( without affecting pupils currently on a place , or offered one from September 1992 ) and redirect the savings to meet wider educational needs .
25 Whether the coffin-maker produced a bespoke outer case or took one from existing stock is not known , though logic argues in favour of the latter .
26 She lifted a cup and saucer in each hand , and he took one from her .
27 She was amused at his blunder , but took one from him .
28 Lizzy leant across the table and took one from her packet .
29 He took one from the cupboard in the sick bay .
30 He took one from an armchair and put it behind her back .
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