Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] from [art] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He checked his watch ; fifty-five minutes from the time he had replaced the phone in Mr Patel 's fruit store . |
| 2 | To cite , or suggest , but two examples : in space and telecommunications ( telecoms ) , Fifth Republican France developed hybrid bodies ( the CNES , the DGT ) that were part public administration , part public company : to generous funds from the state they sometimes ( the DGT ( added capital raised via loans on the open market ; their legal status posed — and still poses — a problem ; ’ ' but , freed of the obligation to show a quick return on investment , they piloted R&D projects through to the point-5 , 10 , 20 years later — where state-funded infrastructures ( telecoms satellites , the minitel , cable , etc. ) began to show commercial applications . |
| 3 | Orcadai raced up the stairs , but when he was still some steps from the top he vaulted on to the hand rail and somersaulted into the upper room . |
| 4 | In other words to break his deemed domicile a person leaving the United Kingdom must be outside of the United Kingdom for three years counting three lots of 12 months from the time he left the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | Tauber sings light songs from the operettas he made famous , including Blossom Time , and the Viennese Vogelhändler , also a strange vocal setting to Rubinstein 's Melody in F ! |
| 6 | Indeed it would be possible to identify some fells from the attention he gives to the geology and his affection for each fold of rock and each rattling , winding ghyll , without seeing the characteristic outline of the peak . |
| 7 | A few crumbs from the biscuits they had eaten the night before , pricked her skin . |
| 8 | You 're more mature now , and I hope I 've learned a few lessons from the mistakes I made . |
| 9 | The Vertigo album ( the one they do n't like ) is a collection of the old hits , the odd unreleased track and old B-sides from the label they left in inglorious circumstances . |
| 10 | Tom Hanks had come to the fair with two ageing horses from the manor he wanted to sell and he brought Carrie with him , riding in a light cart behind which were tied the two horses . |
| 11 | Colonel John Durnford-Slater led in 200 men of Troops 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 ( Group 2 ) from 3 Commando , and 100 yards from the beach he fired 10 Very lights , signalling the navy to stop their bombardment . |
| 12 | On the roads towards Tours spectators along the roadside , watching television or replaying the action on video , will have the vision of the escapes , the pure flights from the peloton we call breakaways . |
| 13 | I took these definitions from the dictionaries I happened to have in my house when I was writing this . |
| 14 | Three steps from the top he turned his head and shouted with immense violence over his left shoulder into the dark recess beside the stairwell . |
| 15 | The England midfielder has had an operation to remove the supporting wires from the knee he damaged in last season 's FA Cup final , and Spurs boss Peter Shreeves said : ‘ Paul crossed his last major hurdle on Monday . |
| 16 | Leone almost certainly defrauded Giardini by obtaining false receipts from the singers he engaged . |
| 17 | Because of this , the only shock that can disturb current prices from the value they are expected to take next period is a relative demand shock . |
| 18 | Fourteen inches from the floor it 's supposed to be , yet it 's nearly tripping me . |
| 19 | A side road leaves here and climbs steeply to Dent Station , four long miles from the town it was intended to serve , and continues at a high level before descending to Garsdale Head . |
| 20 | Fifty yards from the station I recognise Island Gardens Park , looking out across the Thames . |
| 21 | To get to the lush meadows from the farm we had to weave a path through the narrow village lanes edged with cottages of golden stone and gardens in full summer bloom . |
| 22 | Just ten minutes from the airport you 've got erm thousands and thousands of Bangladeshis wanting to get home er and it 's embarrassing I find , being erm and the press find , being er at the airport er seeing all the attention on a few you know , western faces . |
| 23 | The former striker played under several big-name managers from the day he made his First Division debut as a raw teenager . |
| 24 | About ten metres from the finish I knew that I had qualified and eased , finishing second ahead of Dennis Mitchell . |
| 25 | Ten metres from the line I saw Ray , twisted to dip and strained my hamstring . |
| 26 | ‘ Lennox loved those voluptuous ladies from the moment he saw them , ’ says Lady Berkeley . |
| 27 | About fifty metres from the car she discovered a passageway which sliced between the terraces . |
| 28 | I 've been using Lotus 1-2-3 to draw various graphs from the data I collect each week . |
| 29 | Parker called for a ‘ United Congregational Church ’ and despite vociferous interruptions from the floor he asked , ‘ Is it really a glorious thing to be absolutely independent of each other ? ’ |
| 30 | Coming down from the Col de la Pierre-Saint-Martin there is no need to drive back the way you came , through Arette , because five miles from the top you can fork off to the right and come down in sylvan splendour through the very heart of the Forêt d'lssaux , before either turning sharp left down the valley of the Lourdios and a not very good road to Issor , or carrying straight on to follow one of two better , more or less interchangeable roads back into the valley of the Aspe near Bedous . |