Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short while after this he received from the lawyers a letter stating that his inheritance from his mother amounted to only £30,000 . |
| 2 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
| 3 | In 1822 he retired from the army as captain on half pay . |
| 4 | After further sick leave for nine months during 1917 he retired from the IES in November of that year . |
| 5 | ‘ My father approves of this — he never really believed all he heard from the priest . ’ |
| 6 | They were not far out of Belfast when Mallachy woke up , and all he wanted from the rest of the day , he said , was his own wee bed and no one in it . |
| 7 | From 1651 he worked from the Bell in St Paul 's Churchyard , developing a prosperous partnership with James Allestry , and becoming one of the most prominent booksellers of Restoration London . |
| 8 | The crucial aspect of the vote was the abstention of five of the six Shas members ; one Shas member , Immigration and Absorption Minister Itzhak Peretz , voted with Likud and on March 18 he resigned from the party . |
| 9 | In 1871 he retired from the LNWR . |
| 10 | In 1925 he resigned from the army , and spent most of the rest of his long life travelling — mainly in western and central Asia — and studying birds , partly as cover for observing international politics . |
| 11 | He may have found service under the Protectorate more congenial than that of the Commonwealth ; in 1653–4 he moved from the navy to the central executive , becoming assistant secretary and then clerk of Oliver Cromwell 's council and treasurer of the protector 's contingencies . |
| 12 | At last he emerged from the maelstrom dangling from the bottom of the cage , safe from everything but ridicule and humiliation . |
| 13 | In 1656 he secured from the Protector a new charter for the borough . |