Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] from the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Linda recognised her from the previous day at school .
2 Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman .
3 Millie remembered it from the previous evening .
4 Alice Fell was such a stumbling-block that Wordsworth withdrew it from the 1820 edition of his poems .
5 Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side .
6 Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well .
7 The Brydges family had owned the property since 1428 , when their ancestor Symon de Brugge bought it from the two daughters and co-heiresses of Richard de Ley .
8 Lindsay Kemp : ‘ David Bowie struck me from the very beginning as being very versatile and very ‘ up-front ’ and not in the least bit naîve .
9 As , her spine ramrod-straight , Luce accompanied him from the lived-in part of the palazzo , past grand salons and vaulted galleries , down to the basement regions thoughts wheeled and settled in her mind like swallows on a telegraph wire .
10 ‘ She is a very sweet natured little thing , very non-aggressive , and Mia liked her from the very start , ’ said Marie .
11 Word reached him of a Corsair in southern France , and after viewing the airframe , Harris purchased it from the French authorities for $ 1,000 , and shipped it to San Francisco in early 1974 .
12 But then the sound of different voices came to his ears , and Carolyn called him from the french windows .
13 Without fumbling or undue haste , Rohan freed her from the silky folds .
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