Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] from the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did a double stint of exercise until he was clammy with globules of sweat and then sluiced himself over from the two cold jugs of water Christine had brought him up after breakfast . |
| 2 | I am always hoping for something better from the right hon. Gentlemens although , alas , I rarely get it . |
| 3 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 4 | Not much flavour , but a fibrous-to-spongy chewiness which sets it apart from the average savoury snack . |
| 5 | Now the selection of pupils was another gamble and they were allocated to us straight from the various flying training schools . |
| 6 | He had not eaten anything apart from the occasional so-called mash since the crops had died and he had only been allowed that because of a special emergency food supplies being sent in from other parts of the country . |