Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [noun sg] from the " in BNC.

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1 When I tried embroidery I was ashamed that I could only produce ugliness from the beautiful silks .
2 It was clear to me that we dared not and could not use money from the Department .
3 He could not obtain compensation from the person who had caused the accident and sued his employer for failing to provide insurance or advising him of the need to take out insurance .
4 When they could not get money from the machine they beat her with sticks .
5 Moreover , since venereal disease was contracted by a man at his own risk he could not claim protection from the medical arm of the state .
6 This came both from abroad and from borrowers at home , who could easily obtain credit from the banking system which was flooded with foreign cash .
7 At that point we could still take water from the aquifer , but we would have to pump it out in the same way as we would from an unconfined aquifer .
8 In polluted regions of the Northern Hemisphere , seasonal increases in ozone concentration have been observed ; such changes could arise from photochemical reactions , but they could also involve transport from the ozone-rich stratosphere .
9 Roger From the Practice could n't tell emphysema from the common cold .
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