Example sentences of "[vb pp] from a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , master , ’ I neighed , ‘ I 've come from a country on the other side of the world . |
| 2 | A court has been told that the idea for an elaborate murder plot , in which a couple were pushed over a cliff in a blazing car , may have come from a film on satellite television . |
| 3 | 7,000 to £10,000. the Royal Perth Golfing Society originated from a meeting on April 5 1828 . |
| 4 | It is also reported from a study on Moslem women in Bangladesh , Egypt , Indonesia , Nigeria , Sri Lanka and Sudan that , as parity rose , so did the incidence of anaemia , toxaemia , haemorrhage , fetus malpresentation and blood disorders . |
| 5 | Portable models could be hung from a ring on the rim so that the datum line was horizontal . |
| 6 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 7 | If no paper is produced from a thesis on a particular area , it is often other students who are most inconvenienced , rather than the Survey , who have a network of university contacts , and good inter-library loan facilities . |
| 8 | The area can be reached from a junction on the Mallaig road at Loch Ailort on a delightful coastal journey with glorious views seawards and lovely sandy beaches , then crossing the Moidart peninsula to arrive at the village of Acharacle . |
| 9 | Histoire , whilst at one level a transposition of the discontinuity of experience , can at the same time be considered as providing an implicit commentary on the nature of fiction and writing : the text can be said to be formed from a meditation on a collection of postcards which the narrator is sifting through . |
| 10 | This was the explanation of the beast Allen had found dying at the forest edge , its leg broken from a slip on the rocks . |
| 11 | Velikovsky 's ideas are wide-ranging , but we can sum them up by saying that , about 3500 years ago , the planet Venus was born as a comet , spat from a volcano on the planet Jupiter . |
| 12 | It rose like a peal of music heard from a distance on a clear night . |
| 13 | Twelve fishing rods were stolen from a garage on North Terrace , Ferryhill , on Wednesday and on the same day power and hand tools were stolen from a transit van parked on Ruby Avenue , Chilton . |
| 14 | A radio-cassette player worth £80 was stolen from a car on Melrose Drive , Bishop Auckland . |
| 15 | Boxing gloves , a head guard , boxing boots , a protective box and a radio were stolen from a car on Hurworth Green yesterday . |
| 16 | A Leyland skip loader worth £20,000 has been stolen from a compound on the Faverdale Industrial Estate , Darlington . |
| 17 | A colour television and video recorder worth more than £500 were stolen from a flat on Newgate Street , Bishop Auckland , at the weekend . |
| 18 | Two video recorders , a television set , cash and jewellery were stolen from a house on Cleveland Terrace , Darlington , on Thursday afternoon . |
| 19 | Test results were compared with age related reference values derived from a study on 168 nondiabetic healthy subjects . |
| 20 | This distinctive perspective is derived from a focus on the concrete , as opposed to the abstract , and is characterised by an emphasis on responsibility rather than on rights . |
| 21 | Even the evening meal — the one which used to involve being together , talking and relaxing — is often eaten from a tray on your lap while you watch television . |
| 22 | There is a world of difference between ham that has been sliced from the bone or cut from a joint on a machine and the pre-packaged wet and tasteless substance that so many people believe to be ham . |
| 23 | Their film shows the steep underwater flow front of a lava flow which was being erupted from a vent on Hawaii itself . |
| 24 | Zoe Hartley , 13 , of Send , near Ripley , Surrey , died yesterday after being thrown from a motorcycle on which she was riding as a pillion passenger near her home . |
| 25 | The gulls were filmed from a clifftop on the island of Santa Cruz , west of Los Angeles , and rotoscoped into the shot ( according to Cinefantastique , Vol 10 no 2 , 1980 ) . |
| 26 | Mr Fowler added that in the Government 's even-handed approach to employment , people would have the right to belong to a union and could not be excluded from a job on the grounds that they were trade unionists . |
| 27 | Three children 's bikes , worth £75 and a skateboard valued at £90 were taken from a garden on Proudfoot Drive , Bishop Auckland , on Saturday . |
| 28 | Later in the conflict , the light cruiser HMS Glamorgan was hit by an Exocet launched from a trailer on dry land , but the crew steered the ship so that the missile hit the vessel 's stem and Glamorgan survived . |
| 29 | Lastly , if any other undertaking is required from a seller on completion , make a note of it here and prepare it now . |
| 30 | Castagna has returned from a spell on loan with Eastbourne . |