Example sentences of "from he [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Simon the Trapper parted from him on the great north ride the Friar loosened the rope that girdled his waist , dragged up his gown a score of inches to free the movement of his lower legs , re-tied his girdle tightly , wiped his hands on the none too clean garment and taking hold of his staff set off up the highway in pursuit of his sack , of Marian , and of the verderers . |
| 2 | The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up . |
| 3 | Then it would be her lunchtime , and probably another feed , and after that they 'd send her for her afternoon rest , and then collect the specimens and the data from him for the next day 's test session . |
| 4 | Michael looked from him to the offending cigarette and back again , then reluctantly stubbed it out . |
| 5 | Mr. Mendez had bought maybe 25 or 30 from him during the past year . |
| 6 | He looked up and he saw two people walking or appearing to walk away from him down the white road of the tunnel and out across the green hills . |
| 7 | Her face is shaded from him in the failing light . |
| 8 | Indeed , the suggestion might well have come from him in the first place , which would have been so much better for everyone . |
| 9 | ‘ I may have got the idea from him in the first place , but that 's all . |
| 10 | Although she was sitting only a foot or two away from him in the opposite corner of the seat and had frequently tried to smile at him , he felt inexplicably betrayed . |
| 11 | His little-boy mask had slipped by a fraction , a sure sign of the energies that had been taken from him in the past hour , and someone else was looking out — someone much harder , more calculating . |
| 12 | He watched her dab her cheeks , then wipe her eyes , his heart torn from him by the tiny shudder she gave . |
| 13 | A recipe for it or a description of this beguiling dish of peppers , onions , tomatoes and eggs appears in every one of his books , even down to the booklet commissioned from him by the Romary biscuit firm and which sold for sixpence . |
| 14 | If he had not actually gone into the room he would not have seen Gina ; she was standing against one of the bookcases hidden from him by the open door . |