Example sentences of "from [pron] [noun sg] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Not only have I been separated from my wife for the past five years — but in all that time I 've only once managed to make love to her . |
| 3 | ‘ I deeply resent being dragged away from my office for no good reason that I can see . |
| 4 | The letter with my name in English on the envelope , a Moroccan stamp , and a list of requests from my family for a white bridal veil to go with my sister 's wedding dress , surgical stockings for my brother and a china dish for my mother . |
| 5 | At the age of seven he had been put on a ship to Britain , kissed by his mother and sisters , shaken hands with by his Pop , and banished from their sight for the next eleven years , save two brief holidays . |
| 6 | The Scots failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate but , as they left their hotel , there were words of consolation . |
| 7 | That had always been the plan and was not some presbyterian purge on behalf of the coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey in retribution for Scotland 's showing in the tournament , where , for the second successive week , they failed to qualify from their pool for the main competition and suffered a heavy defeat in the plate . |
| 8 | Seeing his eyes move away from her mouth for the first time since the whole affair had begun , she shook her shoulders so that her full , rounded gourds trembled like jelly . |
| 9 | On Thursday Mrs Marian Flowers , CHC member and herself a diabetic , criticised the district for again omitting any such appointment from its budget for the 1992–93 financial year . |
| 10 | The Foreign Office , too , had no intention of departing from its search for a leading role for Britain in Western Europe and elsewhere . |
| 11 | England boss Graham Taylor yesterday excluded the Rangers ' midfielder from his squad for the vital World Cup qualifying match against Turkey in Izmir on 31 March . |
| 12 | England boss Graham Taylor yesterday excluded the Rangers midfielder from his squad for the vital World Cup qualifying match against Turkey in Izmir on 31 March . |
| 13 | Imported raw cotton was the basis for the emergence of the most dynamic of the " new " manufactures , but as late as 1776 Adam Smith omitted cotton goods from his argument for a sustained expansion and downward spread of consumption of non-essentials over the " course of the present century " , and still found examples enough for his purpose . |
| 14 | Squatting down on the floor like a peasant , Gaveston began the dark satanic ritual learnt from his mother for the total destruction of his enemies . |
| 15 | Meetings therefore always took place at five-thirty in the evening , a time when a politician , a lawyer or a captain of industry might be expected to be able to get away from his office for an important private occasion . |
| 16 | It is not unknown for barbel to pull a rod into the water with a speed and viciousness that has to be seen to be believed , even when the angler has only glanced away from his rod for a few seconds . |
| 17 | Aware of the continuity of German history and bearing in mind the special responsibility arising from our past for a democratic development in Germany committed to respect for human rights and to peace , |
| 18 | ‘ We thought we would only be away from our village for a few days , ’ she said . |
| 19 | Of course , dustproof bags , cases for machines , and strong plastic covers for papers and boxes of computer disks can be a great help , but above all , keep a constant check on all your materials and if you are away from your house for a long time , lock them all up in a metal trunk or barrel and ask a local friend to check your house for termites from time to time . |