Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [verb] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few weeks after the opening of the play , he once more began to suffer from bronchitis . |
| 2 | But he also wished to exclude from consideration all ‘ mitigating ’ factors , such as the personal characteristics of the offender and the circumstances of the offence , since he saw these as irrelevant to effective deterrence ( as was the concept of ‘ mitigation ’ itself ) . |
| 3 | Flaubert was emblematic of a further development in modernization , in which the referent of the work of art , having evolved from the timeless and ideal to the contingent , now had moved from contingency to virtual insignificance . |
| 4 | But then Twiggy , who by now had switched from modelling to acting , came along and stole his heart . |
| 5 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 6 | Other drivers described how the Metro overtook a caravan and then started weaving from side to side . |
| 7 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
| 8 | I was quite impressed with his pace and he never stopped trying from start to finish . |
| 9 | Although she definitely did suffer from claustrophobia , Sylvia was by no means the worst case I have seen . |