Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [adv prt] from a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I immediately asked Dennis if he was OK , and pointed out that I thought that the ball had jumped up from a good length .
2 In the heat of a sultry evening , Britain had the fitness and the heart to outlast the clever Koreans and it was Sixsmith who got the winner , poaching in the area after the ball had pinballed around from a short corner .
3 Philip Swallow finds the VC 's memorandum , its envelope still unopened , at the bottom of his In-tray , trapped between the pages of a brochure for Bargain Winter Breaks in Belgium which he had picked up from a local travel agency some weeks ago .
4 She had drawn back from a direct confrontation again , Guy realised .
5 Erlich came close to her , kneeling on the rug he knew that Harry had brought back from a fast run to Beirut .
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