Example sentences of "[pron] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BRC was contacted and we found them somewhere to live and someone from their own country to look after them . |
| 2 | They wanted her to succeed , just as they would have wanted someone from their own family to make it . |
| 3 | If there is a real difficulty , get in touch with someone from their local community to see if they can provide an interpreter . |
| 4 | It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that ! |
| 5 | If you recall any of these events , you 're a true child of rock'n'roll … someone from whom 112 ROCK'N'ROLL GREATS will have very special meaning . |
| 6 | Then I rang Pusey : it was time , I felt , that we had a conference , and I asked him to get hold of Seddon and , if possible , someone from his old acquaintances at the Foreign Office who would know about current politics in North and West Africa . |
| 7 | In some circumstances it is possible to arrange for training for someone from your own institution . |
| 8 | It was almost as though he was trying to erect walls around his heart to protect himself from his softer feelings . |
| 9 | This was partly to distinguish himself from his elder brother , ( Sir ) Arnold Lunn [ q.v. ] , |
| 10 | ‘ Well , hello , Mrs — er — Machin , this is an honour , ’ said Dwight Kronweiser , uncurling himself from his protective position , then getting up with an attempt at expansiveness . |
| 11 | As well as his chemical discoveries he had made a reputation for himself from his electrical investigations . |
| 12 | Ceauşescu 's distancing himself from his fellow countrymen , whether for reasons of security or hygiene , meant that his daily life involved him in regular contact with relatively few people . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 14 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 15 | MOTORIST Peter Beer battled for eight hours to free himself from his crashed car while vehicles roared past on a motorway yards above . |
| 16 | The categorization of individuals by position in the hierarchy and group membership made it impossible for an individual to divorce himself from his social role . |
| 17 | It had , however , been tough being Bernard 's son , until he removed himself from his direct sphere of influence . |
| 18 | To distance himself from his domestic woes it can be expected Gooch will drive himself and his players even harder than usual in training the next few days . |
| 19 | It was impossible to tell which from his expressionless gaze . |
| 20 | ( b ) Take up references This applies to a purchase of leasehold property where the landlord 's licence to the transaction is required , and reminds you to obtain from your buyer-client names and addresses of persons who from their personal knowledge of your client can give assurance that he or she is likely to prove a satisfactory tenant . |
| 21 | These were the writers and newspapermen , paid hacks of the propaganda machine and tools of ‘ Anastasie ’ , the censor , who from their comfortable offices in Paris wrote of the nobility of war in the terms of Déroulède ; of the brave boys dying beautifully pour la Patrie ; who described the piling up of ‘ mounds of German dead ’ at each attack at Verdun , to the accompaniment of ‘ negligible ’ French losses ; and who published photographs of the grands mutilés with such captions as ‘ A Soldier Who Has Lost Both Feet , Yet Walks Fairly Well With Clever Substitutes , ’ or ‘ Who Has Lost Both Hands , Yet Can Handle a Cigarette and Salute as Before . ’ |
| 22 | The early years in Tennessee were hard and the family was frequently hungry , but in 1868 Frances , who from her earliest childhood had been a compulsive inventor of romances , sold her first two stories to Godey 's Lady 's Book , raising the money for paper and postage by selling wild grapes . |
| 23 | the most expedient course to consult the architect who had already been employed to prepare plans for the particular office now to be built , and who from his official position in connexion with the Board of Works might be resorted to with the least invidiousness to the professional public . |
| 24 | His best friend in the army was Tubby , a boring , plump , practical character who from his previous experience knew he could trust . |
| 25 | If they do not have a copy ask if they can get one for you from their central library resource . |
| 26 | Their faces will be familiar to many of you from their previous roles in Scottish Amicable . |
| 27 | Do n't want to hear no tales told about you from them nice nurses . |
| 28 | Mohamed Ali — who cries out at you from our front page today — is just 10 days old and the latest orphan in famine-stricken Somalia . |
| 29 | This is based on the comment by Paul in his letter to the Colossians where he writes , ‘ Greetings to you from our dear friend Luke , the doctor ’ ( Colossians 4:14 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Let not that thought keep you from your well-earned sleep , ’ she advised . |