Example sentences of "[vb infin] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the seaman Peters , a thief and later a mutineer , protests against the commuting of the death sentence to the disgrace of being flogged round the fleet , Marryat as author finds it a matter for critical comment that the members of the court-martial are clearly surprised that a mere seaman should act from a sense of honour : |
| 2 | Er is what you 're saying , what , what you 're saying apply equally erm spitting rather , if I sort information from it , I 'm not quite sure what sort information I could seek from a commission , got any suggestions in that |
| 3 | The responses indicated that 28 per cent would prefer to buy through a building society ; 27 per cent said they would buy from a salesman in their own home . |
| 4 | Once cut , however , they should be treated as any other cold meat and kept under refrigeration , usually with the cut end covered — do not buy from a cut salame which is not refrigerated . |
| 5 | List ten things that you can buy from a vending machine . |
| 6 | You also need brushes which you can buy from a hardware store . |
| 7 | At one stage , moviegoers can choose to see the villain plummet from a window , rescue the heroine or be sprayed with Mace attack repellent . |
| 8 | Because of the variety of possibilities at each move , the ability to predict who will win from a given move becomes less and less reliable , the longer the game has to run after that move . |
| 9 | Whereas Charles Paris , who knew that he had given one of the best performances of his career in The Hooded Owl , was a name that the punters would n't know from a bar of soap . |
| 10 | There are other outlets , if you want to learn the media game , in terms of speech and view , as it were , hospital radio , I do n't know whether you have any hospitals in your region but increasingly hospital radio offers an opportunity and a challenge , and welcomes people who would like to try their hand at becoming sort of D.J.s , or features editors , or are prepared to talk interestingly about subjects , and this you would only know from a local point of view . |
| 11 | Ideally , both father and son should attend so that they could discuss from a common base . |
| 12 | Anyone could fall from a cliff , even great ladies … |
| 13 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 14 | writes for an audience far wider than the historian of science , and although these essays may present some challenge for the uninitiated , today 's working scientist ( looking beyond the arguments about supercolliders or the effects of retroviruses on the human population ) could well profit from a dip into this book . |
| 15 | When granting the abbey of Holyrood a foundation charter , David I had given its canons the right to build and profit from a burgh of their own , in what has since become the Canongate . |
| 16 | And er it 's strange to me how an employer would be happy to have a room with a hundred and hope to get one or two who were n't , either for reasons of information or things that one could n't trust from a worker . |
| 17 | Or , how much do women deviate from a male-defined standard ? ’ ( 1986 : 325 ) ( see also Baumrind 1982 ) . |
| 18 | A Japanese on the board will probably be a business school graduate with extensive overseas experience , who will speak from a position of strength . |
| 19 | Erm , it 's it 's alright being a naughty boy , it 's quite accepted that you are , I 'm using the the the masculine , because I can speak from a male point of view , I suppose . |
| 20 | Well I could speak from a personal experience . |
| 21 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 22 | So camp one might as well watch from a tent . |
| 23 | You can choose from a weekend ( £95 ) or a week long holiday ( £265 ) where you 'll observe wild life while walking an average of six to eight miles each day . |
| 24 | Further ‘ inland ’ you can choose from a myriad of even more music bars and pizzerias which are tucked away in small cobbled squares . |
| 25 | Caine would choose from a variety of eateries , while Poitier always plumped for Peter Langan 's elegantly seductive Odin 's , just off Marylebone High Street . |
| 26 | Ken and Pat Ferguson would like to re-cover your dining-chair seats for a labour charge of only £5 each plus the cost of fabric , which you can choose from a selection of pieces available in stock at reduced prices , or supply your own fabric . |
| 27 | But with time for planning and reflection , writers can choose from a wider range . |
| 28 | From the touch sensitive computer panel you can pre-set your sauna to automatically start the next day , and you can choose from a selection of five climate temperatures , you also have the added luxury of an AM/FM radio to listen to , there 's a digital clock and heater and there 's container system to add fresh herbs for richer and more exciting steam . |
| 29 | Knitters can choose from a whole range of techniques and their selection will be put on to a video , exclusive to them . |
| 30 | Children can choose from a rich variety of titles which include animal stories , adventure stories , science fiction , and more factual topics . |