Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] from " in BNC.

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1 It aims to protect women by allowing them to SEE potential partners from the safety of their own telephone .
2 He did his usual practice stint , during which I endured more jokes from the other caddies and from some of the players about my sudden fame .
3 He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " .
4 There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . "
5 I got six cigarettes from
6 I got two shillings from my Dad every Saturday night — that was my week 's wages .
7 Thank you chairman , I , I second er 's motion , erm trying to be not political about this I got some figures from the er county council which indicate that from the first of April ninety-two to the thirty-first of December ninety-two eighty-six members attended committee meetings of which they were not members .
8 I got some truffles from er
9 The , my eye I got some drops from the chemist cos my eye was bad .
10 Well , I got 3 posts from ‘ IT ’ ? ?
11 unclear lot cleaner , I got ten shillings from them and a shilling from the next door for cleaning their windowsill every morning .
12 Yes that 's been crocheted this one , yeah I ca n't do it , that , that one 's a knitted one , but I ca n't erm I just ca n't crochet , I can knit I 've tried , but I 've tried I just ca n't do it I do n't know why I take the hobby my plants , I 've , I grow those violets from leaves , look behind
13 You can not count the features of loveliness here , but I attach some pages from my notebook to discover to you the ingenious flora of this fair isle and their many productive and rich uses .
14 I trained most days from then on .
15 But I dismissed these thoughts from my mind and entered our house .
16 I want two things from an aeroplane : I want it to fly me up to the enemy , and then lie still while I shoot the enemy down . ’
17 ‘ All right , Shannon Lea , I want some answers from you now — and I want the truth .
18 I want some quotes from them for the magazine story .
19 Anyway , why should n't I expect high standards from them ?
20 I interviewed two managers from Burger King in order to analyse the role of managers by relating information gathered in the interview to literature on managerial control , power , leadership , motivation , and technology .
21 I buried many children from the village that year .
22 I seek those assurances from the Minister .
23 From Bury , North , I received two letters from organisations and four from individuals .
24 He left Fontanellato early the following January , and I received two cards from him written in excellent Italian .
25 Last week I received three letters from her all addressed to the Commando area in the South of England and forwarded to Normandy .
26 I receive more complaints from retired people about standing charges than anything else .
27 I wait two yards from the foot of the steps as they bring him out .
28 I 'eard enough tales from me mates .
29 I borrowed forty pounds from Malc 's Mum and bought myself a long black frock with diamanté trim and began to learn my trade .
30 For the next in our reports Inside The Globe I joined two contestants from our region when they met Jim Bowen and the Bullseye crew .
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