Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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1 | He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " . |
2 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |
3 | Yes that 's been crocheted this one , yeah I ca n't do it , that , that one 's a knitted one , but I ca n't erm I just ca n't crochet , I can knit I 've tried , but I 've tried I just ca n't do it I do n't know why I take the hobby my plants , I 've , I grow those violets from leaves , look behind |
4 | You can not count the features of loveliness here , but I attach some pages from my notebook to discover to you the ingenious flora of this fair isle and their many productive and rich uses . |
5 | In other words , Dr Blake , I expect one-hundred-per-cent support from every member of this team . ’ |
6 | ‘ I want certain information from you , and I shall get it . |
7 | 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 . ’ |
8 | ‘ All right , Shannon Lea , I want some answers from you now — and I want the truth . |
9 | I want some quotes from them for the magazine story . |
10 | I was down at T V I as well borrowing their video camera and er Margaret said that she 'd be quite keen to come involved as well if I want any help from her |
11 | In this case , the sooner I remove young Svend from Suzie the siren , and make him aware of his responsibilities towards his parents and his own future , the sooner I can resume a normal life ! |
12 | As someone who does n't fly that often , I welcome such advice from travellers . |
13 | I seek those assurances from the Minister . |
14 | Let me give a trivial but I hope interesting example from my own experience . |
15 | I receive more complaints from retired people about standing charges than anything else . |
16 | I wait two yards from the foot of the steps as they bring him out . |
17 | What happens when I extend this approach from myself , as I am here and now , to other persons , places and times ? |
18 | 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 : |
19 | I mean to be frank I hear this charge from all over the country . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | As one explained , ‘ I get great satisfaction from the job . |
22 | I get two pounds from work , rise . |
23 | Wherever I have described these results , I get instant recognition from executives . |
24 | cos I get some details from they like that sort of thing . |
25 | ‘ It 's much less musical influences with me , ’ explains singer/guitarist Jock , ‘ I get more images from films and books . |
26 | I draw some comfort from that fact , because it reflects our maturity in dealing with such matters . |
27 | ‘ I remember one line from the Iliad , ‘ One principle is for the best , to fight in defence of one 's country ’ . |
28 | I remember some lines from his play The Tempest , when Prospero is talking to his daughter Miranda . |
29 | Indeed , I believe many people from Loraine Crescent itself want this closure . |
30 | ‘ By my troth , I derive small consolation from Lord Hastings ’ assurances ! ’ declared the queen-dowager . |