Example sentences of "[verb] from [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newspaper correspondents and representatives of the Ministry of Information were frequent visitors to Burma , and we did our best to give them what news we had , to tell them about government hopes and plans , and to extract from them any news and wisdom they had to give us . |
| 2 | When bidding farewell to Porua , I tried to extract from him some word of praise for my activities on behalf of his paper . |
| 3 | At the same time , the Spanish regime was not actively hostile to the Allies , for it needed to obtain from them vital supplies of rubber , petroleum , cotton and wheat . |
| 4 | Crime — Computer misuse — Unauthorised access — Person using one computer to obtain from it unauthorised benefit — Whether unauthorised use of single computer within statute — ‘ Access to any program or data held in any computer ’ — Computer Misuse Act 1990 ( c. 18 ) , ss. 1(1) , 2(1) |
| 5 | The sun 's warmth falls on my body , its rays filling me and driving from me all fear and shadows . |
| 6 | If in order to get to the root of it Eliot consulted a Viennese expert , the result was not evidently a cure , because I believe he suffered from it all his life : but the consultation , if that was what it was , may have benefited him by disclosure — ‘ the luxury of an intimate disclosure to a stranger ’ . |
| 7 | You did n't have to tell Claire , Annabel or me about Nanny 's cold hands ; we had suffered from them most of our lives , but what that had to do with pastry was what Father described as a ‘ female mystery ’ . |
| 8 | But he erm he was once burned very severely with one of them blowing out , and he 's b he suffered from it all his life after that . |
| 9 | Sooner than he had expected , Harry found himself back in Swindon Central Library , this time perusing the national newspapers for 2 June 1987 in the hope of gleaning from them some clue as to what had eluded him on his visit to Tyler 's Hard . |
| 10 | It was hardly surprising that kings wanted solemn oaths from their servants , the bishops , that they looked upon bishoprics as income and that , in line with the symbolic ceremonies of society , they expected to " invest " their appointees and to receive from them solemn oaths of fidelity . |
| 11 | As soon as you shall have considered the whole subject the First Commissioner will be glad to receive from you probationary sketches of the Plans and Design generally , and he will then give you further instructions with reference to the future preparation of detailed plans , specifications and estimates . |
| 12 | Acting , according to Middle East International of Aug. 30 , " almost like a real parliament " , the Assembly voted to amend legislation for a new sales tax by exempting from it all food and medical products , paper for schools and journals and certain other products . |
| 13 | A ferocious , unwashed , animal reek came from them both ; in addition , Finn stank of paint and turps on top of the poverty-stricken , slum smell . |
| 14 | As per our telephone conversations of last Friday and today , I am returning herewith the faulty copy of Xtree Gold which we received from you last week . |
| 15 | My father tries to escape from my mother and my brother tries to escape from them both . |
| 16 | When you need to escape from it all — Citalia have just the holiday for you . |
| 17 | Daisy Yates showed me the postcard she had had from him that morning . |
| 18 | Pausing just long enough to sweep the old man 's triumphant face with an antagonistic look , Beth turned from them both and went , head high , out of the room and into the hallway , where the late March sunshine found its way through the tall arched windows , and where the air seemed relatively fresh compared to the musty damp smell of the old man 's den . |
| 19 | While these buildings often shared with Wren 's London churches a basic classical design , they fundamentally differed from them both in their smaller scale and greater simplicity . |
| 20 | Apple Computer Inc on Wednesday launches its first full-function servers , and with them hopes to persuade small- and medium-size businesses to buy from it all the computer equipment they need ; the new Workgroup servers can process data up to four times faster than Quadras , and although they will support alien machines , they are designed primarily for networks consisting mainly of Macintoshes ; the Workgroup Server Models 60 and 80 cost from $3,080 to $10,000 , the high-end Model 95 at $7,600 to $13,000 ; the 95 is out by the end of April the other two this summer ; the company also has a new Release 4.0 of its AppleShare file and print sharing software , and a high-end AppleShare Pro ; the company is also launching AppleTalk Connection for MS-DOS and Windows to enable cross communications between Macintosh and MS-DOS boxes in a network . |
| 21 | so I hope to hear from her this week . |
| 22 | ‘ It appears that the Barnes lawyers and , by inference , the National Gallery of Art did not want to hear from me any comments questioning the indecent and dangerous haste in the timetable for the exhibition ’ , Stolow wrote in a 29 March letter to a member of Congress . |
| 23 | If you have a view on that O nine O four six four one six four one and I 'd like to hear from you all you have to do is pick up the phone and give me a f a call now sorry . |
| 24 | On the hour the news and weather and we 'd like to hear from you this afternoon . |
| 25 | On the hour the news and weather and we 'd like to hear from you this afternoon . |
| 26 | On the hour the news and weather and we 'd like to hear from you this afternoon Nottingham three four three four three four the number to ring if you 'd like to have a chat on the air . |
| 27 | On the hour the news and weather , and we 'd like to hear from you this afternoon cos we have a phone-in and you can take part and have a chat on the air . |
| 28 | And to ease my memory , to free from it some of the words , the phrases I had already written — precious seeds — I would walk and walk ; walk like a man without a camera , who only has his diary to record what he sees . |
| 29 | The same filter was used for hybridization with the riboprobe transcribed from HE 143 probe by T7 polymerase ( Figure 5A ) or for hybridization with the ND4 probe ( Figure 5B ) . |
| 30 | All these reminiscences told the same story : a big , healthy , gregarious man , full of fun and sport , always living life to the full and extracting from it all the juice it contained , and more . |