Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seat had become vacant as a result of the suicide of a senior offical of the ruling Zanu ( PF ) party who had been condemned by a commission of inquiry for profiting from a racket involving the unlawful resale of officially purchased vehicles . |
| 2 | She asked for the secretary and launched on a long story about phoning from a restaurant where a pair of leather gloves had been found apparently left by the lady with Mr Johnston whom one of the waiters had remembered seeing at the sports club . |
| 3 | When buying flowers for pressing from a florist , remember that you will need far less material than you would to create an arrangement of fresh flowers . |
| 4 | HELICAL Bar , the property group run by Michael Slade , is slashing its dividend total from 10p to 4p , with a 1.6p final on July 1 , after tumbling from a £2.71m profit to a £6.49m pre-tax loss in 1991 . |
| 5 | After recovering from a virus infection , Veronique Marot ( 35:57 ) knocked almost four minutes off the course record in winning the Huddersfield Road Runners 10K … |
| 6 | England marksman David Hirst has trained for the first time in five weeks after recovering from a cracked ankle , and is desperate to link up with Chris Waddle . |
| 7 | Norma Jones , left , wanted a change of image to cheer her up after recovering from a nasty injury . |
| 8 | Wade , the Commonwealth 800 metres record holder since 1985 , has her sights set on the 1500 metres in the Olympic trials meeting in Birmingham at the end of next month and is ready to test her form against top-class opposition after recovering from a knee injury which threatened to ruin her summer plans . |
| 9 | But McHale will also consider youngster David Holmes , who has resumed training after recovering from a thigh injury . |
| 10 | The boy was convicted of 71 offences , including 40 charges of burglary , after absconding from a children 's home . |
| 11 | After returning from a 30 month tour with UB40 , I believe that Birmingham is establishing itself as Europe 's leading city of the arts and media . |
| 12 | After returning from a week away I found the pond to be deep black ; the fish were visible a few inches from the surface . |
| 13 | One particular Easter , a beautiful day , I remember an overwhelming fear filling me with absolute terror as we stood outside the ticket office after returning from a journey . |
| 14 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 15 | There was also speculation that the delay was caused by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley because she wanted to launch it after returning from a trip abroad . |
| 16 | He died 18 March 1963 at West London Hospital , Hammersmith , shortly after returning from a trip to the Cameroons . |
| 17 | A 38 year old white man , presented with a two week history of febrile illness , rigors , and bloody diarrhoea ( 10–12 bowel actions daily ) , after returning from a visit to Thailand . |
| 18 | The tragic accident happened ten days ago at the family 's Regent Crescent home in Carrickfergus after returning from a seven-day holiday in Jersey . |
| 19 | McHale will not find out whether goalkeeper Stuart Ford will be able to accept a one-year deal after returning from a loan spell to Rotherham . |
| 20 | After winning his debut 3,000m in superb style just 36 hours after returning from a training spell in South Africa , he insisted : ‘ It 's a waste of time . |
| 21 | Last season , in his first collection after returning from a lengthy absence to Chloe he re-established his presence with the prettiest reminiscences of the Seventies seen on Paris runways . |
| 22 | Honasan , who had been implicated in several coup attempts against Ramos 's predecessor , Corazon Aquino , had been in hiding since 1988 , after escaping from a prison ship moored in Manila Bay [ see p. 36428 ] . |
| 23 | Two weeks after escaping from a prison in Buckinghamshire Keith Hanger is believed to have turned to murder . |
| 24 | FIVE prisoners being tried in connection with the Strangeways riot were on the run last night after escaping from a court . |
| 25 | STYLO , the Bradford-based shoe retailer , headed by Arnold Ziff , is slashing the payout to shareholders from 9p to 2½p on October 1 , after plunging from a £1.67m profit to a £9.06m pre-tax loss in 1991 . |
| 26 | A PARLIAMENTARY candidate has called for an investigation into why there was a delay in an ambulance reaching a woman who died after plunging from a window . |
| 27 | She joined in a singsong in the sailors ’ mess , playing ‘ What shall we do with a drunken sailor ? ’ after drinking from a can of beer . |
| 28 | Eldon Brown 's 40-year-old victim broke her pelvis , ankle and four bones in her back , after jumping from a fourth floor window to escape him . |
| 29 | Earlier this year , a thirty four year old woman died after jumping from a window in the same block . |
| 30 | After lifting from a chair or helping on to pan , give resident maximum privacy . |