Example sentences of "[pron] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a real difficulty , get in touch with someone from their local community to see if they can provide an interpreter . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | As well as his chemical discoveries he had made a reputation for himself from his electrical investigations . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | MOTORIST Peter Beer battled for eight hours to free himself from his crashed car while vehicles roared past on a motorway yards above . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It had , however , been tough being Bernard 's son , until he removed himself from his direct sphere of influence . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It was impossible to tell which from his expressionless gaze . |
| 12 | ( 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | His best friend in the army was Tubby , a boring , plump , practical character who from his previous experience knew he could trust . |
| 16 | If they do not have a copy ask if they can get one for you from their central library resource . |
| 17 | Their faces will be familiar to many of you from their previous roles in Scottish Amicable . |
| 18 | Do n't want to hear no tales told about you from them nice nurses . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | ‘ Let not that thought keep you from your well-earned sleep , ’ she advised . |
| 22 | The actual nature of the game is not important so long as it focuses your attention effectively , distracting you from your negative thoughts or your symptoms . |
| 23 | Dear boys , I feel that I have a message for you from your real mothers , and it is this : we hope our sons will die like Englishmen . |
| 24 | 'T IS he must raise you from your humble State . |
| 25 | There are there 's a little hanging on for you from my Scottish holiday . |
| 26 | As you know , Mr. Speaker , the new model Labour party has been assiduously trying to distance itself from its Bolshevik friends . |
| 27 | The church hierarchy , which daily seems to see less that is Christian in the Christian Democrat party , is divorcing itself from its traditional allies . |
| 28 | This not only brought it into harmony with the existing regime , but also enabled it to further dissociate itself from its Judaic origins . |
| 29 | The party had also recently sought to distance itself from its Vietnamese patrons and had reportedly refused to provide Do Muoi , general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) , with a full , pre-congress briefing . |
| 30 | Within minutes of slipping out of its mother 's body and freeing itself from its glistening birth membranes , it finds its mother 's nipple and is drinking her milk . |