Example sentences of "[pron] from a [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason , it is worth thinking about what is interesting about you from a journalist 's point of view before trying to woo him or her with your beautiful noise . |
| 2 | He was like something from a Boy 's Own comic . |
| 3 | A small white dressing table In one corner looked like something from a doll 's house , gleaming and bright with tidy arrangements of bottles and jars . |
| 4 | ‘ Copper Blue ’ has a more upbeat fictional stories — Man On The Moon is almost like a limerick or something from a children 's book — but on the other hand there 's something like The Slim , which might be the harshest thing I 've ever written . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , preserve me from a woman 's corn . |
| 6 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 7 | Probably were n't I do n't know but they seemed to us I may be looking at it from a child 's eyes but er that 's how they seemed to be to me . |
| 8 | HMG 's total budget is P£4,000 per year , so maybe you should multiply all my figures by about three to see it from a minister 's perspective : the poor dears are trying to run the country on poverty-line wages . |
| 9 | I mean , I knew what was going to happen when I started the exercise , but if you contemplate it from a teacher 's point of view , if I go out and commit suicide or break down you 'll know why , wo n't you . |
| 10 | Looking at it from a businessman 's point of view , it 's the obvious thing to do . |