Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [num] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made two ruler from Tufnol ( 24x1–1/2x1/2in ) , then joined them with two brass strips , allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers . |
| 2 | I got six cigarettes from |
| 3 | ‘ I got two shillings from my Dad every Saturday night — that was my week 's wages . |
| 4 | Well , I got 3 posts from ‘ IT ’ ? ? |
| 5 | unclear lot cleaner , I got ten shillings from them and a shilling from the next door for cleaning their windowsill every morning . |
| 6 | I want two things from an aeroplane : I want it to fly me up to the enemy , and then lie still while I shoot the enemy down . ’ |
| 7 | I interviewed two managers from Burger King in order to analyse the role of managers by relating information gathered in the interview to literature on managerial control , power , leadership , motivation , and technology . |
| 8 | From Bury , North , I received two letters from organisations and four from individuals . |
| 9 | He left Fontanellato early the following January , and I received two cards from him written in excellent Italian . |
| 10 | From Bath , I received one letter from an organisation and one from an individual . |
| 11 | Last week I received three letters from her all addressed to the Commando area in the South of England and forwarded to Normandy . |
| 12 | I wait two yards from the foot of the steps as they bring him out . |
| 13 | I borrowed forty pounds from Malc 's Mum and bought myself a long black frock with diamanté trim and began to learn my trade . |
| 14 | For the next in our reports Inside The Globe I joined two contestants from our region when they met Jim Bowen and the Bullseye crew . |
| 15 | I present five extracts from the college 's aims to give a flavour of our determined commitments , but we recognise that anyone can write rhetoric , so I hope they do not engender cynicism : |
| 16 | In saying ; ‘ It 's me , in answer to ; ‘ Who is the youngest professor in the faculty ? ’ , am I distinguishing one person from another ? |
| 17 | Now they 're better Jews than their own parents ever were — I know one chap from Willesden Green who wo n't even eat in his mother 's kitchen any more . |
| 18 | I get two pounds from work , rise . |
| 19 | ‘ I remember one line from the Iliad , ‘ One principle is for the best , to fight in defence of one 's country ’ . |
| 20 | PC Kelly went on : ‘ I did not hear anything but I saw two flashes from the barrel of the gun and I presumed he had shot Goodman twice . ’ |
| 21 | I won the race , I took three points from McLaren and from Ayrton Senna . ’ |
| 22 | The net six games after Oldham do n't contain a real toughie , so I think 13 points from them is about par . |
| 23 | ‘ I live two blocks from here , in a walk-up , ’ she said . |
| 24 | I had one friend from another house who felt the same way as I did about the school and the whole process we were being put through . |
| 25 | As I said I had one quiff from Jane that was erm because somebody had n't filled in the date by which it was agreed that the Client should get a reply and suggestion was that the procedure should be changed should be non compliance , erm and then the rest of this is based on a suggestion from Rita , and I have several here now , erm . |
| 26 | None of the dealers I spoke to felt confident enough to sex Peacock Gobies , so I purchased seven fish from three different dealers . |
| 27 | The above examples came from three different speakers from East London , but I have one example from South East London as well . |
| 28 | I have six survivors from the yacht Delos aboard and had thought to put three of the innocent parties among them ashore but that seems a little pointless now . ’ |
| 29 | erm in , I mean obviously there 's gon na be some of our some of our members I mean if I identify one Ros from , from COHSE , but I daresay other , other unions er have erm have one or two members who actually work night duty . |
| 30 | She commutes 30 miles from the outskirts of Kidderminster , crossing slow , steep byways over the Malvern Hills to Bishop 's Frome on the Hereford-Worcester border . |