Example sentences of "from one [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're from one of the country Women 's Institutes , and they 're coming to check out the suitability of the bush walk for a much larger party — most of them elderly . |
| 2 | But his interests appear to remain firmly with the purchasers ' ‘ needs ’ — and pockets — as he advises : ‘ If you want to buy a girl from one of the escort firms it will cost you quite a lot . |
| 3 | Kenneth laughed as Fergus refilled his glass from one of the whisky bottles on the drinks trolley behind them . |
| 4 | The ship 's engines ceased and the crew began throwing down ropes to a white man in a pith helmet who had emerged from one of the quayside offices . |
| 5 | The hollow barking of a dog came from one of the stone sheds , but there was no sign of life around the buildings . |
| 6 | Once the search area has been widened however , enthusiasm flooded back with a loud response from one of the metal detectors . |
| 7 | ‘ I borrowed a hammer from one of the allotment holders and forced an entry to find the raiders had ran amok inside hurling bricks through the wooden huts and smashing window frames , ’ he said . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) Informal opinions on matters relevant to the Code can be obtained from one of the Panel executives . |
| 9 | When Norman went to serve with the East Riding Yeomanry during the First World War , reaching the rank of captain , she worked from 7.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. as a VAD at the Red Cross Hospital in Richmond , travelling each day by pony and trap or bicycle , carrying a fresh egg from one of the Field farms . |
| 10 | But shortly after , to my surprise , I saw the female and two kits peering out from one of the branch holes , surveying the river , and for the rest of the day I was treated to some amazing mink behaviour . |
| 11 | A short ladder pitch from one of the ventilation shafts led down into the level . |
| 12 | Dexter handed across an article dated about a year before from one of the broadsheet newspapers . |
| 13 | They were mostly recruited from one of the youth movements , or were teachers or social workers with a readiness to handle any problem thrown at them . |
| 14 | ‘ Wait until you see the soot , ’ said a sardonic but unseen voice , and then a woman emerged from one of the downstairs rooms off the hallway . |
| 15 | Two little girls , twins , walked from one of the downstairs rooms and went to her . |
| 16 | I picked up the Evening News from one of the street sellers and looked through its entertainment pages . |
| 17 | He made me a fair offer in the circumstances and I even picked up another two pounds from one of the street traders for Charlie 's huge barrow ; but hard though I tried I could n't find a buyer for Granpa Charlie 's dreadful old nineteenth-century relic . |
| 18 | Andy Dorin , Orkney officer for Scottish Natural Heritage , said last night from one of the rescue vessels : ‘ We 're lying off the southern tip of South Ronaldsay and the whales are in sight several hundred metres ahead of us . |
| 19 | I think that 's that absolutely horrific and that has come from one of the practice partners and not the actual himself . |
| 20 | He also bought a teaspoonful of tea from one of the artillery women for ten pounds , to be paid after the siege was over or , in case of death , by his executors to certain of her relations ; to lend substance to this rather nebulous arrangement which at first only seemed to excite the suspicion of the woman selling the tea , Fleury had drawn up an elaborate letter which began impressively : " To Whomsoever May Find This Missive , I , George Fleury , Being Then Deceased , " and which seemed to Fleury to give a certain legal solemnity to the transaction . |
| 21 | That crisis coincided with the beginning of an economic crisis , which saw south-east Texas in particular transformed within two years from one of the boom areas to one of the depressed areas of the USA . |
| 22 | The drake mandarin duck has an enormous orange flag on each wing modified from one of the wing feathers ( Figure 5 ) . |
| 23 | June unwrapped the flimsy tissue paper from one of the almond biscuits and rolled it carefully into a tube . |
| 24 | And recently in April , when two young girls from one of the refugee camps in San Salvador were captured , we put their names across on the programme every day until they were eventually transferred from a secret prison to the Women 's prison , We regard it as a triumph to have got them into a public prison , although they are minors , and now we are demanding their release , of course we exhaust all the legal channels as well but these days we just think of it as a formality , There have been occasions when we have presented a Habeas Corpus petition to the Supreme Court of Justice and the official concerned has simply torn the paper up in front of us and told us to get out . |
| 25 | In the 1970s a prisoner from one of the labour camps had assembled a group of volunteers , including experts on dowsing , to investigate what he claimed to have located — Ivan the Terrible 's library . |
| 26 | One does not store statistics at all ; if statistics are ever required they are obtained from one of the business divisions . |
| 27 | He leaned across Adam to light a cigarette from one of the incense sticks and he smiled , letting the smoke trickle out between his teeth . |
| 28 | I had an Indian wristband she liked , got it from one of the reservation workshops , leather with turquoise beads . |
| 29 | There was an old man from one of the doom societies . |
| 30 | He was in a clump of brambles , in the middle of which was a rabbit-hole that led up from one of the warren passages below . |