Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [be] [v-ing] from " in BNC.

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1 The condition he is suffering from , peptic ulceration , is associated with poor eating habits , particularly irregular meals .
2 After a while , Ackroyd thought that he belonged to one of the local farms , and that because of his pale complexion he was recovering from an illness .
3 The next moment he was climbing from the bed , the ferocity of his passion still evident on him .
4 Burning ‘ Our colleagues in Dover alerted us to his address because of a large amount of post he was receiving from Holland , ’ said the officer .
5 I told him that in my opinion he was suffering from valvular disease and that there was probably considerable dilation .
6 Overwhelmed by the force in him , trembling with the intensity of her own response , Isabel parted her lips , whimpering in feminine submission and an equally feminine fear of the total surrender he was wrenching from her .
7 He kissed her lingeringly as if he had all the time in the world and she felt a shudder run through her at the response he was forcing from her with so little effort .
8 Will the right hon. Gentleman say what support he is receiving from other G7 countries for his recent endorsement of a rouble stabilisation fund ?
9 Benjamin played with the cup he was drinking from .
10 He gave Stieber the number he was calling from , told him to call him back from outside .
11 In this way he was taking from the Crown a ‘ forced ’ and interest-free loan .
12 He was 76 , but within a month of his first dose at his home in Shurdington , in April this year he was suffering from jaundice .
13 Mr Tennant , chairman of the Darlington office equipment company Graham Tennant Ltd , discovered last year he was suffering from cancer .
14 The 29-year-old man suffered 20pc burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail .
15 The 29-year-old man suffered 20% burns to his right leg after a piece of wire he was removing from the line at Moorfields underground station , Liverpool , touched the live third rail .
16 And William began to run from the approaching cart , which was piled high with the bodies of the plague victims , and as he ran the streets became the familiar streets of his childhood and he knew that all the time he was running from the terrible cart he was getting closer and closer to the dark house by the railway embankment with its shuttered windows and its locked door , and that this was more terrible to him than anything in his history books .
17 He was less cautious , smiling more easily , spontaneous in repartee , enjoying the teasing he was getting from Djuna …
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