Example sentences of "i [verb] [adj] [noun] from " in BNC.
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1 | The best way to understand how people , from all walks of life , can be helped is to hear from them personally , so I asked several people from my classes in Devon to write a short summary about how the Alexander Technique had helped them . |
2 | On my first visit to the village I was unable to find any of its vines and when I asked several people from the larger Champagne houses , few had even heard of its vineyards , let alone of their elevated status . |
3 | In order to gain some idea of the adequacy of the diet , I asked several people from poor families outside how much rice they ate and whether they would find the prison food acceptable . |
4 | He did his usual practice stint , during which I endured more jokes from the other caddies and from some of the players about my sudden fame . |
5 | I made two ruler from Tufnol ( 24x1–1/2x1/2in ) , then joined them with two brass strips , allowing about 1 in of play between the rulers . |
6 | On this occasion I had neither heard nor seen the tigress , nor had I received any indication from bird or beast of her presence , and yet I knew , without any shadow of doubt , that she was lying up for me among the rocks . |
7 | He told the delegates that he was " tired of the impossible state of affairs in which I suffer bitter attacks from the outside … while I am also attacked by colleagues at home who sing the daily chorus of slander and besmirching " . |
8 | Then one night I went out and I met this DJ from Taboo , which was a club at the time . |
9 | I met this fellow from Newmarket when we were at The University Arms in Cambridge . |
10 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |
11 | I got six cigarettes from |
12 | ‘ I got two shillings from my Dad every Saturday night — that was my week 's wages . |
13 | On expressing interest in the idea ‘ I got tremendous support from my line manager and from personnel ’ . |
14 | ‘ But I got quick support from Albert Craig and Ray Farningham coming from midfield , ’ he admitted . |
15 | ‘ I got most relief from Solpadeine . |
16 | Thank you chairman , I , I second er 's motion , erm trying to be not political about this I got some figures from the er county council which indicate that from the first of April ninety-two to the thirty-first of December ninety-two eighty-six members attended committee meetings of which they were not members . |
17 | I got some stick from a small section of the Palace crowd which I did n't expect , but it did n't bother me . |
18 | I got some truffles from er |
19 | The , my eye I got some drops from the chemist cos my eye was bad . |
20 | Marie and me were on our honeymoon , staying with my brother in Darlington , when I got this letter from my mother saying we must come back immediately because they were starting the shoot . |
21 | Well , I got 3 posts from ‘ IT ’ ? ? |
22 | unclear lot cleaner , I got ten shillings from them and a shilling from the next door for cleaning their windowsill every morning . |
23 | Yes that 's been crocheted this one , yeah I ca n't do it , that , that one 's a knitted one , but I ca n't erm I just ca n't crochet , I can knit I 've tried , but I 've tried I just ca n't do it I do n't know why I take the hobby my plants , I 've , I grow those violets from leaves , look behind |
24 | You can not count the features of loveliness here , but I attach some pages from my notebook to discover to you the ingenious flora of this fair isle and their many productive and rich uses . |
25 | ‘ Nor do I need such smugness from an upstart like you . |
26 | In other words , Dr Blake , I expect one-hundred-per-cent support from every member of this team . ’ |
27 | I assaulted this position from every angle , ranging from thoughtful analyses of the male mid-life crisis , its nature and origins , to sweeping ad absurdum dismissals in which I demonstrated that by the same token Trish and Brian were equally culpable , because if they 'd gone out for the day I would have stayed at home and we would never have met in the first place . |
28 | Could I seek some clarification from Mr on what he means by the area astride the A fifty nine and the B one two two four . |
29 | I trained most days from then on . |
30 | But I dismissed these thoughts from my mind and entered our house . |