Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could not provide for them from their own resources , he alleged , and hence resorted to war , pillage and brigandage in order to sustain their followings . |
| 2 | I was still standing by the pool when I saw Tiare , who walked towards me from her parked car and asked , ‘ How are you settling in , Doctor ? |
| 3 | Now it did n't mean that you build his war machine , but the Kuwaiti people being so close , or actually bordering , we helped the economy of Baghdad , we helped the economy of the Iraq , and we contributed thirteen billion dollars , just the government alone , to their economy and the people of Kuwait also helped with their own private donation to help the schools , the hospitals , the food , whatever they needed , and the country of Kuwait was erm trying to be , as my friend said , as neutral as possible because there is Irani interest in Kuwait , very great through trade , through Iranis who work in Kuwait , so we had a very difficult position with respect to keeping both parties erm sort of in sight , not lose sight of them from our humanistic point of view , but it was erm difficult to avoid being on the side of the Iraqui , mainly because they 're neighbours and they 're Arabs , and you 're part of the league of Arab states , so you ca n't draw the line and say the government was pro or against , but that was the atmosphere which we were leaving . |
| 4 | Livesey , of Plymouth , is the third-top scorer in English rugby this season with a total of 140 points , all but four of them from his prolific goalkicking . |
| 5 | Their faces will be familiar to many of you from their previous roles in Scottish Amicable . |
| 6 | that 's one of mine from your personal records and you can claim your bonus . |
| 7 | Do n't want to hear no tales told about you from them nice nurses . |
| 8 | If they do not have a copy ask if they can get one for you from their central library resource . |
| 9 | There are there 's a little hanging on for you from my Scottish holiday . |
| 10 | Dear boys , I feel that I have a message for you from your real mothers , and it is this : we hope our sons will die like Englishmen . |
| 11 | • A Meeting Service Manager who works with you from your first call , ensuring every requirement is met to your specification . |
| 12 | Something snapped inside her and she found herself grabbing the mutton and wresting the plate , with what was left of the uncut joint still on it , and running with it from his crazed presence . |
| 13 | He had condemned her and the warmth she had sensed in him from their first meeting had all gone . |
| 14 | Mr Beckenham looked down upon him from his superior height and handed to him the lady 's portmanteau . |
| 15 | As we descended through the darkness into Cuzco on an endless series of switchbacks , their daughter asked each of us to sing a song for her from our own countries . |
| 16 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 17 | On the whole , during what Duiker has called ‘ the Stalinist years ’ , this was something that was accepted by the Vietnamese Communist Party but one can imagine that it was not always so easy to accept the advice which came to them from their French comrades . |
| 18 | Criteria I 've su criteria I 've suggested narrows the geography pretty precisely but if you felt the need , the local authorities felt the need , for even further protection it does seem to me from my own experience of the Nottinghamshire precedent it is possible if if you felt so inclined and the county was to agree you could narrow it even further by naming one or two erm local authorities such a site erm should be discovered . |
| 19 | The most casual obscenities , the most hackneyed endearments , coming to me from your rose-red lips , are worth more than the sagest advice of all the old men in the world . |
| 20 | This is based on the comment by Paul in his letter to the Colossians where he writes , ‘ Greetings to you from our dear friend Luke , the doctor ’ ( Colossians 4:14 ) . |
| 21 | Somehow we 've got to say to people we will provide this valuable service to you from your first job until your last breath , wherever you work . |
| 22 | In these new communities Christians have developed their own way of listening to the Word and responding to it from their own situation . |
| 23 | Control wanted a complete run-down , and knowing the way Hurley operated , I think the DIA probably had a better handle on it from my back-channel stuff than DEA headquarters did through its own official channels . ’ |
| 24 | About an hour before reaching Jura dark clouds began to roll over on us from its lofty peaks , and soon we had a perfect torrent of rain . |
| 25 | It is familiar to us from our own experience . |
| 26 | Bless them , she thought fondly , it must have taken them forever to save up for it from their meagre pocket money . |
| 27 | David Hooker , Aberdeen 's managing director , said yesterday that a final offer was being posted to Brabant 's shareholders , with a circular seeking approval for it from his own shareholders . |
| 28 | The farmer 's patient eyes in the long , drooping-moustached face looked down at me from his stooping height . |
| 29 | Mohamed Ali — who cries out at you from our front page today — is just 10 days old and the latest orphan in famine-stricken Somalia . |
| 30 | She was still rocking from the unexpected power his kisses had over her when , looking down at her from his lofty height , he mocked , ‘ Now try and tell me you are n't just anybody 's ! ’ |