Example sentences of "[indef pn] [to-vb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commoners , who had everything to lose from undertakings such as his , were firing an opening shot . |
| 2 | But all the local ambulances were busy and we had to wait for one to come from Richmond , which is many miles away . |
| 3 | Each had something to fear from Men , though Men now protected them in the Cages . |
| 4 | Opening the visits centre he said the rest of the prison system has something to learn from Grendon |
| 5 | He suggests that there is something to learn from history . |
| 6 | Where it is clear from Jane Austen 's novels that those of humbler birth , if they had something to teach them , also had something to learn from them-Fanny , William , and Susan are all improved by their contact with Mansfield Park — in the reign of Victoria even Mrs Gaskell , who was certainly gifted with what Charlotte Bronte described as ‘ the organ of veneration ’ , is less inclined to revere great houses than to laugh at them . |
| 7 | ‘ Maria Luisa has nothing to fear from Steve . ’ |
| 8 | Tony Dean believes dairy farmers have nothing to fear from badgers , but if that view is not shared by the Ministry of Agriculture and widespread TB testing begins again , he fears the badger may have a bleak future . |
| 9 | She had nothing to fear from Marion . |
| 10 | Shaw 's Heartbreak House pays homage to Chekhov , but it has nothing to learn from Joe Orton . |
| 11 | For example , we could not afford to pay for anyone to travel from America to Hamburg . |
| 12 | But it is absurd to suppose that Lewis had nothing to gain from Minto 's company , or that all thEir time was spent discussing domestic trivia ( much as she and Lewis both enjoyed such discussions ) . |
| 13 | I do n't think we have anything to fear from UCD . ’ |