Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [noun] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I bring greetings from a distant star , ’ said Chico Nixon . |
| 2 | In the second part of this chapter , I present evidence from a survey of the denominational affiliation of DUP activists . |
| 3 | ‘ As the representative of a multi-national organisation , I need help from a solicitor to organise the takeover of a firm overseas . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I see scenes from a play ; I see myself … ’ |
| 5 | Then a small chill ran through her as the recalled the fortune-teller 's words : ‘ I see danger from a train ’ . |
| 6 | If you borrow money from a bank and it becomes insolvent you do not have a problem . |
| 7 | ‘ You catch colds from a virus . ’ |
| 8 | It is important that you seek advice from a lawyer if either of these situations arises . |
| 9 | If you omit words from a quotation , indicate the omission by the use of three points ( … ) , allowing a blank space on either side . |
| 10 | In the Christian case , it led to the periodization of history , a chronological method that we still use , although nowadays we approach history from a purely secular point of view . |
| 11 | We inherit attributes from a male and a female parent , but each of us is either male or female , not hermaphrodite . |
| 12 | We 've news from a knitting club in Canada — the New Toronto Knitting Club , which meets on the second Friday evening of each month at the Sewing and Knitting Circle , . |
| 13 | We take advice from a number of bankers , but we are not monopolists . |
| 14 | The oldest pieces of amber we have date from a hundred million years ago , a very long time after the conifers and the flying insects first appeared , but they contain a huge range of creatures , including representatives of all the major insect groups that we know today . |
| 15 | We have children from a wide variety of backgrounds in our Catholic schools today . |
| 16 | Pointing out the implications of high pore pressure and its importance in providing a lubricated detachment layer , they cite evidence from a recent earthquake in the thrust area that the zone is still ( or rather again ) seismically active in the same sense as in Variscan times . |
| 17 | ‘ Look at all the best sides and you find they get goals from a variety of positions , ’ said Peacock . |
| 18 | Sometimes they are organized on a tribal basis , sometimes they embrace people from a number of different tribes . |