Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One other noteworthy source of support to franchise bidders , bringing resources less of money than talent ( though they often acquired shareholdings later ) were the experienced broadcasters , many of whom came from the BBC ( inevitably , in 1955 ) . |
| 2 | Despite relegation to the Third Division the club kept a playing staff of thirty-eight , twenty-five of whom came from the Barnsley area and were almost all miners or the sons of miners . |
| 3 | There had been a period when he allowed Barbara Castle , Dick Crossman and George Wigg , all of whom suffered from the belief that politics was a conspiracy , to influence him too much , but in later years he had broken free from them and I suddenly realised how much I had got used to him being there to shoulder the final responsibility , to feeling able to turn to him naturally for a second opinion and for well-informed advice . |
| 4 | Although many of the teachers who qualified from the Bournemouth training course have since deserted the area , Audrey Archer ( a founder member in the Sidcup group ) and her daughter Sandra Williams keep our name to the fore in DORSET . |
| 5 | He also became one of the small group of scholars who translated from the classics for Penguin Books , for which he contributed versions of Plutarch , Polybius and Dio Cassius . |
| 6 | ‘ It was just like Rambo , ’ said one of the scores of horrified students who fled from the university after the massacre . |
| 7 | ‘ It was just like Rambo , ’ said one of the scores of horrified students who fled from the university after the massacre . |
| 8 | But Sgt Hinde , 37 , ran after the four men who fled from the Nissan . |
| 9 | At this point the rebel soldiers entered the prison , overpowered the guards and freed Bibit who fled from the compound by car . |
| 10 | The Molesworths , all three , arrived with Dr Wyn , who hooted from the lane . |
| 11 | Tyson , the man who rose from the ghettos of New York to the pinnacle of boxing success , had his world destroyed when he was judged guilty of violating a beauty queen whom he was convicted of luring to his room and raping . |
| 12 | The man who rose from the bench seemed to offer a grudging apology , but Byrkin would not have seen the gesture as he scrabbled on the floor for his slice of black bread . |
| 13 | The incompetence of the king , and the arrogance and greed of the Despensers , had so alienated men from the court that none except the few who profited from the king 's favour would fight for him . |
| 14 | The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank . |
| 15 | However , it is perhaps significant that environmentalism received little attention as long as it was only the poor and the powerless who suffered from the detritus of industrial society . |
| 16 | In the rather fresher air of rural areas the poor were healthier and lived longer than the urban poor , who suffered from the ravages of urban atmospheric pollution , overcrowding and unhealthy working conditions . |
| 17 | A girl who came from the village to help with the laundry had told the Community of the marchioness 's death . |
| 18 | The Archdeacon of London , George Cassidy , who came from the Ulster Loyalist community , was not keen on compromise . |
| 19 | , John ( 1624–1701 ) , republican administrator and colonial governor , was the son of John Blackwell , a Puritan-inclined London businessman , who at one time supplied the royal household with groceries and latterly settled in Mortlake in Surrey , and his wife , who came from the Smithesby family , royal household servants . |
| 20 | It was from here , I reflected , looking through the windows at a small scattered town , that the despatcher had spoken to George and me the previous evening : and while I watched , George appeared outside and was met by a man who came from the station . |
| 21 | The man at the British customs was much sterner than the magistrate who came from the capital to investigate crimes committed in our village . |
| 22 | The expression is well known in the South , especially among service families and may I add , there were a great number of fine soldiers who came from the South in units as famous as that fine body of men who serve and have served in the DLI . |
| 23 | There had been a good many glasses and now he signalled to Midnight who came from the shadows by the far wall , bringing a bottle of port to refill the glass held out . |
| 24 | He was a well-read man , admiring especially the mystic poetry of Henry Vaughan , the Silurist who came from the Brecon country of the Black Mountains where he himself had a house . |
| 25 | When we arrived we were met by our guide who came from the Philippines . |
| 26 | But for those who came from the youth system OR came as youngsters/inexperienced — they do nt get that money , and one day might ask for a move just to get that one lump sum . |
| 27 | Since the second war various teams have played in the village and in the fifties Halling Institute ran a team which won league honours , but the most popular team was Halling Minors , who played from the recreation ground at Lower Halling . |
| 28 | Reaffirmed their decision of 3rd November that the decision on this issue should be left to a free vote , preferably on the Report stage of the Bill in the House of Commons ; and agreed that Ministers who dissented from the advice which was to be tendered in accordance with Conclusion above should be free , if they so desired , to vote for the abolition of the death penalty , though they should refrain from expressing in debate views contrary to that advice ; … |
| 29 | You can also visit the room of Tommaso Grossi , Manzoni 's lawyer friend who practised from the house . |
| 30 | Seconds later , disaster struck when City keeper Keith Welch brought down Matius Florjanic , who scored from the spot . |