Example sentences of "[pron] have [verb] a [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd bought a TV from the man in the chip shop , and as the black-and-white box heated up it stank of grease and fish , but late at night I heard of cults and experiments in living , in California . |
| 2 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 3 | And one of the people I 'd taken an order from , they started pushing . |
| 4 | I 'd got an option from the firm and they were very good that way . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd had a call from the Leisure Centre , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’ |
| 7 | Why do I have to buy a certificate from the Banco de la Nacion to register my loss ? |
| 8 | On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice : |
| 9 | It was only a four-seater plane , though , and in the end there was n't enough room for me , so I had to take a bus from Birmingham up to Dundee . |
| 10 | Before this , however , Ron and I had had an offer from Lord Brabourne of further Mountbatten film . |
| 11 | I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon . |
| 12 | For example , I 've received a request from the doctor on Koraloona for a large parcel of drugs . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've received a letter from your Health Promotion erm Liaison Officer , can I ask you if this was sent on your behalf ? ’ |
| 14 | Now I have to say that since I 've seen a report from the Students ' Union and have read it through , I was actually shocked at the level of harassment that that report seemed to indicate . |
| 15 | Er , er it I think the whole place is sort of over the other side there 's a , sort of a bridge there and possibly , I mean , I 'm sure that I 've seen a photograph from the other side . |
| 16 | I 've chartered a Cessna from Nash , saves us sending a plane from our end . |
| 17 | To describe the underlying messages I 've borrowed a term from script-writing , the sub-text , which describes the intentions and motivation behind the words . |
| 18 | I 'd better tell you I 've had a call from Harry . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've had a message from one of the members of the consortium that he 's providing a multi-lingual stenographer . |
| 20 | Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return . |
| 21 | I 've had a message from Moorlake to say that Miss Lockwood 's ill " |
| 22 | I 've had a letter from Mrs Duncan , a teacher at the local primary school , and she 's interested in leasing your cottage . |
| 23 | I 've had a letter from our Ken He writes , pensioners are now , are growing vi vital contingency including many active gift enable people with other use , there often made to feel unwanted , there commonly neglected and there needs are seldom frequently met . |
| 24 | beginning of this week and then today I 've had a letter from an architect friend in America suggesting he gets in touch with an architect in for another job |
| 25 | ‘ I 've had a visit from your policeman friend . ’ |
| 26 | I mean , I 've had an offer from who said I 'll come in any Saturday but I ca n't take him off Dick cos Dick needs him there . |
| 27 | That is if you go back to the Kinsey sort of stuff about sexuality um you find that well I 've I 've stuck a quote from Kinsey et al there um that back in the 1950's there was er y'know with with ah academics like Kinsey attempting to study sexuality erm I suppose there was often er a . |
| 28 | I 've got a yard from I 'm going up that side and I 'm a yard from the point |
| 29 | ‘ Nick Logan said ‘ I 've got a girl from Bristol and a boy from Manchester . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 've got a message from your cousin Michael . ’ |