Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [indef pn] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Ennals got one from the Prime Minister 's son during his visit here on behalf of the British Government . |
| 2 | Half the people in the study received nothing from a formal agency and the authors conclude that the Social Fund ‘ is largely irrelevant to most real-life situations within which the poorest people find themselves ’ . |
| 3 | It is regrettable that the judge heard nothing from the appellants ' side , despite the fact that they were represented — no oral evidence , no affidavit evidence , not even an address in mitigation . |
| 4 | Earlier , McWalters barrister , Hugh Vass , stressed his client 's ‘ exemplary character ’ and pointed out that letters of character reference included one from a retired police sergeant . |
| 5 | From the standpoint of the scholar interested in learning there was , of course , the practical objection that the duties of the kadilik distracted one from the pursuit of . |
| 6 | In such primitive surroundings , amid the stunning beauties of the island and the glories of the Aegean , where fishermen still wrested a living from the sea and farmers scrabbled one from the land , Leonard found his peace ; his ‘ sitting-down time , ’ as he called it , where he could — as all poets must — recollect in tranquillity . |
| 7 | Even if you have never given a bottle feed yourself it is possible that the baby received one from a nurse while in the maternity ward . |
| 8 | — The hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde said something from a sedentary position which I did not catch . |
| 9 | Fenna wanted nothing from the woman . |
| 10 | As might be expected , losses due to accidents took anything from a healthy nibble to a large chunk from the companies ' profits . |
| 11 | Sendei obtained one from the dispenser and tossed it to her . |