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 .
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