Example sentences of "[vb pp] [indef pn] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I asked the er the minister earlier about this question and I appreciate his difficulties being a home office minister rather than a foreign office minister and I quite understand his reluctance to er stray too far from his departmental portfolio but the reality is that the British government agreed that the European parliament should continue to meet in Strasbourg but we 've heard nothing from the minister as to where the money should come from er in order to make that commitment a reality because I 'm sure that every member opposite would say that the uncertainty about the present boundaries is not the er responsibility of the British government , that it 's a matter for the French government to sort out which boundaries er will be in place in the United Kingdom by June the ninth , the date of the European elections , but the reality is that the British government have gone along with the arrangement for having Strasbourg recognised as a er seat for the European parliament . |
| 2 | After the first report he had heard nothing from the boy . |
| 3 | So far they have received nothing from the Government , little EC assistance and are running out of funds donated by individuals and industry . |
| 4 | It is not restitutionary because these defendants have received nothing from the investors and so have nothing that they can restore . |
| 5 | He turned professional in 1885 having won everything from the half-mile to the ten-mile AAA 's events . |
| 6 | Well November , I meant the fourth of November it seems to be for ever anyway I spoke to the Head of the Department when they came back and he said I must admit we 've done nothing from the point of view of putting things on paper but a lot of thinking has gone into it I must really sit down now and commit things to paper . |
| 7 | The fields were divided into strips of round-backed ridges , separated one from the other by ploughed furrows which acted as land drains . |
| 8 | They were adamant that it had been clear all along , they 'd suspected something from the start . |
| 9 | As I had no access to the Swansea accounts during that time , it was clear I could n't have embezzled anything from the company . |
| 10 | I 've got someone from the village coming in every day to check that no one tries making a nuisance of themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ In an ideal world , I would have been delighted to have had someone from the university on the trust . ’ |
| 12 | We 've got somebody from the Oxford English er dictionary compilation er arena , with us today and I , I , I 'm almost tempted to ask Clare what wh what , what the definition of the word quality is actually . |
| 13 | no they 'll think that you 've nicked one from the Co-Op wo n't they ? |
| 14 | He could have got one from the kitchen , but I expect he 'd locked up after he 'd brought the supper up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Me old man 's got one from the market to burn but you can 'ave it , ’ said Rosa , who had already started with her sixth child . |
| 16 | ‘ We gave away two stupid goals but still would have got something from the game if we had taken the chances we created . ’ |
| 17 | No true blue inhabitant of Paradise Street or Mouncy Street ever needed to be told anything from the police ; they had ways of finding out . ) |
| 18 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
| 19 | I did n't believe he 'd got anything from the card . |
| 20 | He was left with the distinct feeling that he had encountered someone from the spirit world on that early midsummer 's morning . |
| 21 | Petitions from communities , or common petitions , were few in Edward 's reign , and though they may have derived something from the example of clerical grievances , they could hardly have failed to have developed from private petitions . |
| 22 | In other words the mainstream right has gained nothing from the rejection of the Socialists . |
| 23 | It was believed someone from the Academy was helping Mann with the finance and distribution of the drugs . |
| 24 | In one house three spinsters , all younger than fifty , earned only 4s 6d ( 22½p ) between them , but presumably gained something from the rent paid by their lodger , a clay worker on 10s ( 50p ) a week . |
| 25 | Norman Lamont has learned nothing from the debacle of the past months . |
| 26 | Those not giving evidence that I spoke to found watching the trials a useful experience and felt that they had either learned something from the process or at least , if they were already experienced in giving evidence , received helpful confirmation on points of technique . |
| 27 | On 11 August , on being informed of this , the chief constable , Mr. Geoffrey Dear , suspended the officers Woodley and Clifford and ordered an inquiry to be supervised by the P.C.A. On 9 February 1990 it was announced by the deputy chief constable that the investigation had produced no evidence that the officers Woodley and Clifford had removed anything from the court file . |
| 28 | They were reinstated by the deputy chief constable on the grounds that the investigation by the Police Complaints Authority had produced no evidence that they had removed anything from the Crown Court file . |
| 29 | I have n't heard anything from the City Council other than two days before the scheme was to be introduced . |
| 30 | The Government did nothing and have apparently learnt nothing from the experience . |