Example sentences of "[vb pp] it from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Getting itself involved in access so deeply has turned it from a benign , vaguely representative organisation into one whose role is increasingly to police the activities of climbing and climbers . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 3 | You may see the location of Ellen Terry 's cottage at Winchelsea , the billowing sail of Captain Locker 's ship ( see p.200–201 ) , the Tower of London ( as used on the Public Record Office plate ) , the crest of Charles Dickens , to which he was not entitled , having annexed it from a 1625 grant to William Dickens , and the forty quarterings of the arms of Sir Francis Fust . |
| 4 | He too is a newcomer to Portrush , but who would have guessed it from a three-under card that showed 16 pars , one eagle and one birdie . |
| 5 | And I 've heard it from a whole bunch of people , she says stuff , she actually tells people I 'm on heroin all the time . |
| 6 | He had borrowed it from a fellow inmate of the lodging house in Kennington where he had been staying for the last week . |
| 7 | Rose was the second generation in it , and she had taken it from a back street operation to a small , high class chain . |