Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] a [noun sg] 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 I 'd had a call from the Leisure Centre , ’ he says .
4 I knew I 'd had a letter from him then , because it was the last time we were apart before he was called up . ’
5 Why do I have to buy a certificate from the Banco de la Nacion to register my loss ?
6 On another occasion I had received a letter from my mother — not usually given to handing out advice :
7 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 .
8 I had seen it when I had taken a detour from Arequipa into the Colca , reputedly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon .
9 For example , I 've received a request from the doctor on Koraloona for a large parcel of drugs .
10 I 've received a letter from your Health Promotion erm Liaison Officer , can I ask you if this was sent on your behalf ? ’
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 I 've chartered a Cessna from Nash , saves us sending a plane from our end .
14 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 .
15 I 'd better tell you I 've had a call from Harry .
16 I 've had a message from one of the members of the consortium that he 's providing a multi-lingual stenographer .
17 Colleagues I 've had a message from the strikers at Crawley and they 've had to return .
18 I 've had a message from Moorlake to say that Miss Lockwood 's ill "
19 I 've had a letter from Mrs Duncan , a teacher at the local primary school , and she 's interested in leasing your cottage .
20 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 .
21 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
22 I 've had a visit from your policeman friend . ’
23 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 .
24 I 've got a yard from I 'm going up that side and I 'm a yard from the point
25 ‘ Nick Logan said ‘ I 've got a girl from Bristol and a boy from Manchester . ’
26 I 've got a message from your cousin Michael . ’
27 Good , listen , I 've got a message from Carol …
28 I hope ROI qualify as I 've got a ticket from a mate for ONE game in Boston …
29 I had to bring my passport with me to er obviously get into coming from but er I 've got a letter from Alan as well so er me over the border .
30 I 've got a letter from
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