Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] from [art] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Fourteen inches from the floor it 's supposed to be , yet it 's nearly tripping me . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Fifty yards from the station I recognise Island Gardens Park , looking out across the Thames . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The former striker played under several big-name managers from the day he made his First Division debut as a raw teenager . |
| 19 | About ten metres from the finish I knew that I had qualified and eased , finishing second ahead of Dennis Mitchell . |
| 20 | Ten metres from the line I saw Ray , twisted to dip and strained my hamstring . |
| 21 | ‘ Lennox loved those voluptuous ladies from the moment he saw them , ’ says Lady Berkeley . |
| 22 | About fifty metres from the car she discovered a passageway which sliced between the terraces . |
| 23 | 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 ? ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The emergency services say it could cut vital minutes from the time it takes to respond to a call . |
| 26 | The great sides always capitalise on moments of good fortune and when Marty Roebuck made a hash of a simple penalty four minutes from the break it somehow ended up as a try . |
| 27 | Since Jews deviated further than most other groups from the blueprint he had in mind , he needed to take particularly strong measures to make them conform to it . |
| 28 | If I could lead you from that paragraph on page three fifty over to page three six four page three six four , one two three , four paragraphs from the top it 's ab it 's the second of two paragraphs that begins the Board affirms the church 's th that Christ teaches that marriage is special and divorce is not the way he would wish for his people and then this sentence no-one would wish to condens condemn someone to stay in a marriage which is beyond redeeming . |
| 29 | I trust we shall be back in two years from the time we left England … |
| 30 | We only have an A4 scanner but if somebody would like to send me the relevant pages from the Torygraph I will have a go , the address is coming up at the end of the progrmme . |