Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [indef pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks like something from the planet Zog . |
| 2 | " Lorrimer would have let in anyone from the Lab , I suppose ? " |
| 3 | The lower tier would be known as the Board for Local Authority Higher Education , its membership consisting of Christopher Ball as Chairman ; six representatives of local authorities ; six from the DES ; six from institutions , made up of two from the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics , two from the National Association of Teachers of Further and Higher Education , one from the Association of Principals of Colleges , and one from the Standing Conference of Principals and Directors of Colleges and Institutes of Higher Education ; and three others , consisting of one from the Trades Union Congress , one from the Council of National Academic Awards , and one jointly from the Business and Technician Education Councils . |
| 4 | To talk about everything from the fact that you do n't fancy coffee that week to things which are deeply personal . |
| 5 | I move away as I would prefer to talk with someone from the same planet . |
| 6 | Another thing we 're going to talk to somebody from the N S P C C who 's coming in in a few moments to talk about Halloween trick or treating and stuff like that . |
| 7 | ‘ Senior Valuer Peter Ferguson and I will be very happy to talk to anyone from the Finaghy area who is considering a move in the near future and , of course , we offer a free valuation service at a time to suit any potential vendor . |
| 8 | But I am looking at something from the previous century . |
| 9 | It just so happens that , before I came to this debate this morning , I was flicking through a pile of press cuttings when I came across one from The Journal ( Newcastle upon Tyne ) , a north-eastern regional newspaper . |
| 10 | The storage building blocks are packaged to slide into modular shelving which can then be configured for anything from the desktop to the data centre . |
| 11 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG has signed up Reading , Berkshire-based Computer 100 Ltd as a value-added reseller : Computer 100 will supply Siemens Nixdorf 's Beetle electronic point-of-sale terminals and personal computers bundled with its bespoke ‘ news management ’ software applications for confectioners , tobacconists and newsagents ; the software deals with everything from the automation of newspaper and magazine orders to customer billing and the management of newspaper rounds ; the agreement is part of Siemens Nixdorf 's current strategy of targeting niche markets , and Computer 100 claims to have over 80% of the total installed newsagents market in Europe . |
| 12 | Mr Rogich says , unhelpfully : ‘ I look at everything from the historical point of view because I think that gives greater impact to the message . ’ |
| 13 | They look at everything from the point of view of the provider and their only discernible policy is that they are against privatization . |
| 14 | So I make a joke of it — I flirt with everyone from the tea-lady to the sales manager and no one takes it seriously . ’ |
| 15 | There 's no doubt it 's going to be difficult for us but if we play for 90 minutes the same way we did against Cork in the first half last week , we 'll return with something from the game . ’ |
| 16 | There 's also a baseline heavy enough to hang half a dozen DJs from , and a funk aesthetic that you can currently detect in everyone from the Sandals to Galliano , Brand New Heavies to D-Influence . |
| 17 | In the end , the dominance of the professionals can be seen by the fact that five of their number emerged with two wins out of two ( Alliss , Clark , Garner , Dawson and Guy Hunt ) compared to none from the amateur side . |
| 18 | The minimum wage policy has been condemned by everyone from The Guardian to Goldman Sachs . |
| 19 | As the carriages were successively condemned , the ‘ receiver ’ , who ran the railway , would buy up job lots and you never knew if you would be travelling in something from the Brecon & Merthyr , the London & South Western , or the Cockermouth Keswick & Penrith . |
| 20 | Go and talk to somebody from the library . ’ |
| 21 | The petition was accompanied by one from the magnates , who also sought the withdrawal of the tax on wool : it appears that for the first time since the Ordinances of 1310–11 the commons and the magnates were joining together to seek concessions and measures of reform from the king . |
| 22 | In the context of a head 's report dealing with special needs the decision required could relate to anything from the building of a new unit to the provision of additional welfare or teaching assistance for an individual pupil . |
| 23 | ‘ Why is it sick to dress like someone from the past ? |
| 24 | He added thoughtfully , ‘ I was going to call in someone from the other practice , but I do n't see why … ’ |
| 25 | This is the first time that the award has gone to somebody from the hotel and catering industry , or indeed from the service sector as a whole . |
| 26 | ‘ I object to the way you 've dressed like someone from the pages of a Dickensian workhouse and turned up with your belongings in carrier bags as if you 're on your way to the laundromat . ’ |
| 27 | Beautiful women , dressed in anything from the flamboyantly obvious to the understatedly elegant , weaved in and out of the crowds , some of them hanging on the arms of men old enough to be their grandfathers . |
| 28 | He does n't see or talk to anyone from the works this visit . |
| 29 | ‘ We do n't know what death does to someone from the planet Krypton , ’ a DC Comics spokesman says . |
| 30 | They would sit across one from the other and study hard , for they bet on their games . |