Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv prt] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice even tried to find out from Muriel what Jasper 's plans might be , but as soon as Muriel heard Jasper 's name , she said briskly that in her opinion Andrew was " basically " a sound and useful cadre . |
| 2 | Marx maintained that the human consciousness which could project this refracted religious self-image must be a ‘ false consciousness ’ , profoundly alienated from itself ; that it had been brought into this state by the development of divisions within human society between the different social and economic classes ; that religion served in that situation as an ‘ ideology ’ , a system of beliefs functioning to support the established order , and an ‘ opium ’ which would keep the proletariat passive in the face of their oppression and exploitation by diverting their attention and hopes to another world and its promised rewards ; that it was not enough for the philosopher to understand and diagnose this situation , but that he must go on to change it ; and that this involved moving back from Feuerbach 's ‘ critique of heaven ’ to a fresh ‘ critique of earth ’ , of economics , politics and society in general , with the aim of changing the structures of the established order and overcoming the forces of division and alienation which both produced religion and drew support from it . |
| 3 | He 'd moved up from shop floor worker to production manager but the firm hit hard times an the receivers were called in . |
| 4 | Before we 'd sailed out from Calabar more than a day , three more were born . |
| 5 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
| 6 | Deputation after deputation came pouring in from constituencies whose candidatures had been assigned to Lloyd George Liberals . |
| 7 | He and Rory had had a drink the night before , and Rory confessed he 'd driven up from Belleeks early to cruise around Cultra and reconnoitre . |
| 8 | And after he 'd climbed down from Cloud Nine , Brian told me to remind you that Cilla 's new album Through the Years , which does indeed feature duets with Barry Manilow , Cliff Richard and Dusty Springfield , is in the shops now . |
| 9 | When he 'd started regaining his confidence he told us that he 'd taken over from Terry in the endless arguments with David Jacobsen . |
| 10 | He 'd taken over from Hercule Riquard as maître de chai , and he poured his whole life into promoting La Tour Monchauzet wines into a class of their own . |
| 11 | However , reports of severe damage and high casualty figures began to come in from communities situated closer to the ‘ quake 's epicentre , and they learned that the emergency services were bringing many of the most badly injured victims in to the capital . |
| 12 | Still , in the next few days as the news began to filter in from Niki 's hospital that Niki had been given the last rites , that he had inhaled burning fuel and damaged his lungs , that his face had been appallingly burned , the facts did begin to sink in . |
| 13 | But the modern equivalents of the apothecaries , surgeons , druggists and vets of the past now operate from Driffield , which began to take over from Kilham as the ‘ Capital of the Wolds ’ in the late 18th century and through the 19th . |
| 14 | Mr Lowe said the van blew up at 6.10am on January 11 after Mr Redmond , 39 , a plasterer , started to drive off from Geneva Road , Fairfield . |
| 15 | They included taking over from Sir Alec Guinness as TV spy George Smiley . |
| 16 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 17 | In this way , it applied to the Bible the ‘ inductive method ’ of scientific study developed in the rise of modern natural science , which similarly aimed to work up from pieces of data to more universal principles or laws . |
| 18 | Underlining the British government 's commitment to link aid and democratic practices , he made a strong statement in favour of multiparty democracy , but appeared to hold back from criticism of Kenya 's human rights record , saying at a press conference that " when you look at other countries in Africa , Kenya 's record is good " . |
| 19 | The Qulis — who were met by police at Heathrow — had flown back from Dublin after collecting Farrah from Limerick . |
| 20 | Instead , he drove away in the , ran over a kerb , got a flat tyre and kept going — to pick up Vicky Vanderford , whom he had flown in from California . |
| 21 | The one on the right had flown in from Finland . |
| 22 | Bernadette 's tearful sister Rosie , who had flown in from Germany , said : ‘ All the relatives are giving Farrah lots of hugs and kisses . |
| 23 | His 38th-minute effort came straight from the dream factory , which was appropriate considering he had flown in from EuroDisney only three hours before kick-off . |
| 24 | Ms Toynbee said Schmit had flown in from Zurich earlier that morning and was waiting to travel on another Wardair flight to Vancouver . |
| 25 | Mr Birt said yesterday he had been ‘ enormously heartened ’ by the strong support he had received in from colleagues at the BBC . |
| 26 | ‘ Love is a local Anguish , ’ he wrote after he and Hucks had travelled on from Wrexham . |
| 27 | Neighbours had travelled down from Gloucestershire to join in the celebration : |
| 28 | They were soon joined by Duncan Curr , member of Dublin Street Baptist Church and Chairman of Christian Aid/CEEC , who had bicycled in from Juniper Green – and eventually , ny me . |
| 29 | On the opposite side were the men who had marched up from Levenmouth . |
| 30 | The Scots had come over from Ireland and colonised most of Galloway , Kintyre and Arran . |