Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [verb] from the " in BNC.

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1 I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Selby for allowing me to quote from the letter .
2 She was attacked after asking him to move from the touchline during an amateur game at Gillingham , Kent .
3 William of Jumièges says that Cnut married her after having her brought from the city before the siege ended and giving her weight in gold and silver before the whole army , but his chronology here is suspect , as he places the battle of Auxendunum ( presumably Assandun , 18 October ) before Æthelred 's death on 23 April , and the more contemporary Chronicle date of mid-1017 for the marriage is preferable .
4 Harold Wilson did consult me from time to time , in the sense of asking me to ascertain from the Biafrans what their attitude would be towards a visit by him and matters of that sort , but my interventions were of a pretty futile nature and achieved no results .
5 " Your anthropologists laugh at us for saying we came from the stars .
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