Example sentences of "a [noun] from [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
2 | The molecule can be delivered to a cell from outside but works on the RNA inside it . |
3 | He says that his mate bought a car from there and , he were a undecided about this clocking this time , what 's , what call it ? |
4 | There was a screech from within and an instant cacophony of barking and scolding broke out . |
5 | But one evening after a day 's shooting on Sergeant Ryker in 1963 , Marvin was continually baited by a drunk until Marvin grabbed a banjo from somewhere and smashed it over the other man 's head , drawing blood and knocking out his teeth . |
6 | Isabel heard a yell from behind and above them , swiftly running feet , and then a sinister rush of air . |
7 | Trailing 18–17 , Fox denied the Lions victory with a kick from more than 40 yards that wiped out a magnificent kicking effort by Lions captain Gavin Hastings . |
8 | Trailing 18–17 , Fox denied the Lions victory with a kick from more than 40 yards that wiped out a magnificent kicking effort by Lions captain Gavin Hastings . |
9 | The central computing facilities are accessible twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week from more than 600 access points throughout the University , or by external telephone or telecommunications links . |
10 | The central computing facilities are accessible twenty-four hours a day , seven days a week from more than 600 access points throughout the University , or by external telephone or telecommunications links . |
11 | Oh when you have a dog from there and you ca n't keep it |
12 | The wind was high when I knocked at her door , and I heard a voice from within that I knew not what to make of , though it sounded like the lullaby of a Mother to her Baby . |
13 | Well , yeah , I had a meal from there when you were hospital but |
14 | ‘ This is a very painful move for us , but we do n't want to wake up a year from now and wish we had n't done it , ’ Next founder Steve Jobs told United Press International . |
15 | It is increasingly common practice for clients to request tenders to produce a commercial from more than one production company — usually three — as part of the necessary process of controlling costs . |
16 | Being a bright lad , he worked out that it was an updraught from underground and a few removed boulders later the entrance to Lancaster Hole was revealed . |
17 | Flesh , female flesh , is to the anorexic an imposition from outside and , in extreme cases , an imposition of something swollen , polluted , dirty . |
18 | ‘ Do n't any of you move an inch from here and do n't take your eyes off those bundles . |