Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [to-vb] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you can do this easily your lungs will be free to fill from top to bottom , so take a few deep , slow but gentle breaths . |
| 2 | Samantha Sherratt , who is compiling the Information Pack , would be glad to hear from people with any comments or details of problems they faced following a partner 's imprisonment . |
| 3 | ‘ Who else would be likely to drive from Paris in the middle of the night and go halfway to demolishing a door ? |
| 4 | In order to accentuate the general significance of your arguments , it can be helpful to generalise from individuals to movements , or types of thought ( you discuss Leavisism , for instance , rather than Leavis 's work in particular ) . |
| 5 | Here one of them sacrifices for the other : both have trouble falling asleep , and their partner 's noisy breath wakes them ; so they wriggle towards the edge of the bed , leaving a broad space down the middle ; they pretend to be sound asleep , in the hope of making sleep easier for their partner , who will then be able to turn from side to side without disturbing the other . |
| 6 | They keep talking about what they call seamless journeys which means you should be able to go from A to B to C without too much problem . |
| 7 | ‘ If we did not , we would lose all continuity with our past , would only be able to live from moment to moment like butterflies alighting and flitting away , and no relationship or experience could have any permanent value for us . |
| 8 | ‘ I think I might just be able to totter from chair to chair , ’ she said , smiling sweetly at him . |
| 9 | Companies will also be able to ascertain from purchasers of shares before they become members ( such as purchasers of shares by instalments in a privatisation issue ) whether or not they will want to receive summary financial statements . |
| 10 | When the new railway link is complete , passengers will be able to travel from Larne to Dublin without changing train . |
| 11 | At present the airline operates mainly between Florida and Puerto Rico but , if America 's Department of Transport agrees , it hopes to be able to fly from Miami to New York , Chicago , Los Angeles , Houston and New Orleans . |
| 12 | ‘ Thank goodness that at last I shall be able to come from Stowbridge by the short way and under the low bridge ! ’ he said . |
| 13 | If , however , the motor trader defendant is not responsible for turning back the mileometer and covers up the reading , the motor trader should be able to escape from liability on the basis that no false description was in fact applied to the goods ( s1(1) ( b ) ) . |
| 14 | On the other hand , if the deficit is located within the spoken word production system , the patient will be able to get from print to semantics correctly . |
| 15 | She would be pleased to hear from members about issues they fell should be brought to the government 's attention ! ! 6 . |
| 16 | I always stress that it would be irresponsible to breed from dogs with this condition . |