Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [indef pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Island craftsmen make everything from leather goods and raffia to local pottery and beautiful hand-made jewellery using the famous Majorcan pearls . |
| 2 | He argues that his work is not Edwardian in projection , that his pictures borrow something from other eras , but have a buoyant vitality that is of their own time . |
| 3 | In the twentieth century surfing has been appropriated by the advertising industry and invested with enough sexual connotations to sell anything from soap powder to condoms . |
| 4 | THE ISLE OF Ely , transformed into a notorious offshore tax haven , nevertheless houses an unequalled variety of shops selling everything from local crafts to electronics and consumer goods , all duty free . |
| 5 | Mr Wickins was one of several company directors of the Wimbledon-based Games Ltd firm , which owns a small chain of shops selling everything from board games to computer games . |
| 6 | New formulae claim anything from 15 to 24 hours ' efficacy , so check the small print on the pack ! |
| 7 | It reveals the desperation of kids to get something from rock . |
| 8 | Fish is something of a speciality with restaurants offering everything from grilled swordfish and lobster , to baby eels in garlic butter . |
| 9 | Aluminium tiffin tins make anything from wedding bells to space-ships , from Tel : for mail order details . |
| 10 | Redken would recommend a new permanent wave called TRUST which combines both acid and alkaline ingredients to create anything from a soft body wave to springy , resilient curls . |
| 11 | The higglers flog everything from dope to Biros . |
| 12 | In the cavernous exhibition hall , more than 300 salesmen offered everything from reproduction Gatling guns to a Barrett 82A , a semi-automatic rifle with a range of almost a mile — ‘ as used by three countries in Operation Desert Storm . ’ |
| 13 | Mercedes-Benz 's proud engineers also loathe being lumped in with companies making everything from washing machines to weapons . |
| 14 | The day begins at sunrise and an army of engineers check everything from the fuselage to the fuel valve . |
| 15 | Japanese schools are very disciplinarian , with corporal punishment accepted , and rules regulating everything from hairstyle to how to lace one 's shoes . |
| 16 | But there will be other charges , too , including crematorium fees of £70 to £125 , or burial plots costing anything from £75 in the country to several thousand pounds in London . |
| 17 | In three weeks learn everything from starting out to making profits — from finding suppliers to coping with clients . |
| 18 | Rescue teams used everything from golf buggies to a sea king helicopter to search the area adjoining the golf course . |
| 19 | TD lorries shift everything from fish fingers to boxes of tissues and when goods do n't move in the shops it 's bad news for truckers . |
| 20 | At each stop trains were besieged with hawkers selling everything from chapattis to a shave , but passengers could telegraph ahead so that a delicious and aromatic meal was brought on a tray covered with a napkin to the window of the carriage as the train drew into the next station . |
| 21 | In such primitive surroundings , amid the stunning beauties of the island and the glories of the Aegean , where fishermen still wrested a living from the sea and farmers scrabbled one from the land , Leonard found his peace ; his ‘ sitting-down time , ’ as he called it , where he could — as all poets must — recollect in tranquillity . |
| 22 | I do n't just knit sweaters , but experiment with new patterns , colours and textures making anything from hats to curtain . |
| 23 | Erm , nor I think are there any proposals to change the grading or pay honorarium to P As to reflect there work on these files , er , I 'm not sure whether the assumption that this would n't be taken into account by the W R is sound , because I think one of the principles that I recall was that he were meant to ensure that that each of these job evaluation panels had somebody from each office so that an account could be taken of the different practices , I mean I 'm sure that , I 'm sure that each of the three offices in the er deal with things in a different way , so that er what gets done by one person here is not necessarily done by people in Coventry and York , and that in fa in London , and that also holds good in the other way , I think . |
| 24 | The most important north west-south east faults include one from Loch Seaforth to Loch Roag in Lewis , and two inferred faults between North Uist and Benbecula , and Benbecula and South Uist . |
| 25 | Other strings have anything from seven to many hundreds of micro-fibres which are then twisted together in a way similar to natural gut . |
| 26 | Pain and pan : The tranquillity of Provence has been disturbed by the War of the Bakers NATASHA STEWART Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 27 | Rippling torsos sell everything from ice-cream to watches , while beefcake bimbos like the Chippendales have helped to swell the number of regular weight-trainers to 500,000 as they twitch their biceps around the world . |
| 28 | The features cover everything from the environment to business , from shutting down a nuclear power station , to opening up a red-hot Mexican restaurant . |
| 29 | Within the crowded streets and lively squares of the city lie a plethora of tiny open-air stalls selling everything from incense to caged pigeons , over six thousand restaurants serving the gamut of cuisine from Korean to French , and an array of gleaming hitech buildings housing progressive computer companies and financial whizzes . |
| 30 | Depending on the tile size and on the manufacturer concerned , you are likely to be offered packs containing anything from 6 to 50 tiles , and some packs — of 13 , 22 and the like — do n't make estimating quantities any easier . |