Example sentences of "to [pers pn] from [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to set themselves up as nutritionists or as medical experts — but to use the knowledge available to them from every quarter sensibly , and to ensure that others are using their knowledge and expertise in the best interests of the counsellee . |
| 2 | One should note , however , that although a mother bird may encourage her chicks to fly by calling to them from a branch some distance away , holding some tasty morsel in her beak as an inducement , all the same , she is not actually teaching them to fly . |
| 3 | Users who are not connected to the Joint Academic Network or Internet systems can seek assistance to identify datasets of interest to them from the user services staff at the Data Archive . |
| 4 | Between the Wars the cars were open at first , and drivers had to be well-clad in oilskins to avoid the cascade of water which poured on to them from the canopy of the open-fronted trams . |
| 5 | ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ was borne to them from the enemy lines , time and again — into the land between the opposing armies , through their own lines , and away into the darkness . |
| 6 | But manufacturers can sometimes move the goal posts to suit their own ends — or perhaps they were oblivious to them from the start . |
| 7 | When I postulated that the environmentalists might have a case , they were horrified that I of all people should express such a view , when it had been clear to them from the start that I was different from the others ( my sisters ) . |
| 8 | Members of TI will promote ‘ standards of conduct ’ , though they will not have to keep to them from the start . |
| 9 | Calling them " temporary workers " merely made their situation clear to them from the start of their employment . |
| 10 | Staff and students are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure that all books on loan to them from the Library are kept securely , in good condition , away from harmful environments , and readily accessible to Library staff in the event of their being required for other readers . |
| 11 | They thought it was normal for Lucy ( they had never called her Mummy ) to fly from room to room looking for her watch , keys , diary , gloves , scarf , and blow a kiss to them from the garden path as the taxi-driver carried her cello out to the car , while Nissy held them up to the window to wave . |
| 12 | ‘ He called to me from a winter place . |
| 13 | It has seemed a certainty to me from the beginning ; the decision of the Council is tomorrow . |
| 14 | eh brutal , er brute , er so many er only got a little bit more , eh sort of like you 've got er , I du n no , accent or something or add to it a few words , a few letters I mean , er a more I , a different accent you go to Manchester they said er different accent you go and so different one and to me from the beginning , not now , but from the beginning I was fascinate , I says why do they finish in Italian er ways , or add , you switch and them coins , erm , it still says |
| 15 | He should have sent the child to me from the moment she could feed herself , Roirbak thought , sure Ari had been contaminated and spoiled by the life she 'd led at Taler 's Bump . |
| 16 | This last point is certainly not irrelevant , since the commemorative scroll sent to me from the Palace names Leslie as of the Parachute Regiment ; and under this unit did he appear for the last time in the Army List . |
| 17 | The lack of even a hint of that attitude in Runcorn , combined with his remarkable equability , endeared him to me from the start . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 19 | He called to me from the place . |
| 20 | When I 'm in the kitchen she calls to me from the sitting room , where she is sewing . |
| 21 | Then he muttered to me from the corner of his mouth . |
| 22 | Haas , talking to me from the team HQ in Illinois , was anxious to underline that neither he or Newman had unfairly , unethically , rocked the Williams boat . |
| 23 | Of his death , the only reference found is the entry in Maskelyne 's account book for 13 March 1784 : ‘ Recd of Mrs Grace Sisson , thro ’ the hands of Mr Henry Robin Auctioneer my dividend for £88.14.11 due to me from the Estate of the late Jerh Sisson — £15.0.0 — and gave it to the Widow . ’ |
| 24 | That 's right , just looking at the er the tables that I 've managed to get faxed to me from the Football League today . |
| 25 | The voice of your brother 's blood is crying to me from the ground . |
| 26 | It might be apparent to you from a description of marketing research techniques that many of these techniques depend on comparisons between different countries . |
| 27 | Read this vital message to you from The Princess Royal |
| 28 | On your arrival you may be greeted by the pretty Welsh Palomino pony nodding to you from the field beside the car park , or by the friendly Great Dane , known as ‘ Puppy ’ . |
| 29 | As you know , these programmes come to you from the University of Sussex , and if you 've listened to any of them in the past , you 'll know that they 're devoted to topics and subjects in which we feel we have some expertise , and which we think would be of special interest to the local community . |
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