Example sentences of "they [verb] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 2 | People who live alone , especially when they suffer from a serious disability , are particularly at risk of becoming isolated and friendless , and people with long-term mental disorder are often desperately lonely and socially isolated . |
| 3 | Despite the cataclysmic statistics the demographers throw at us , families in many parts of Africa today will tell you that at certain times of the year they suffer from a severe labour shortage . |
| 4 | Districts can buy what they want from a nearby district or a teaching hospital rather than attempt to provide everything in their own area . |
| 5 | They ranged from a tiny mouse , with lifelike whiskers and a twitchy nose , to a metre-high Pied Piper , whose grin was so wickedly triumphant that she almost expected to see the children of Hamlin following behind . |
| 6 | Charles and Arthur Wilson were made full partners in 1867 and were by this time effectively running the company , which they transformed from a major European enterprise into an international one with routes to North America and India . |
| 7 | They range from a white Mercedes van ( C434 YVN ) to a green Kawasaki motorbike ( H710 OVN ) . |
| 8 | Er er they came from a good old cross section of life . |
| 9 | That surviving half-page on Alexandria with its three classes of people is memorable : the Egyptians , " an acute and civilized race " ; the mercenaries , " a numerous , rough and uncultivated set " ; and the Alexandrians themselves , " a people not genuinely civilized … but still superior to the mercenaries for though they are mongrels they came from a Greek stock and have not forgotten Greek customs " ( 34.14 ) . |
| 10 | Although they came from a different factory , their designer was the same ‘ Mac ’ Marshall , then freelancing , who had designed the other streamliners . |
| 11 | There were threats to his academic career , but they came from a different direction . |
| 12 | Having appealed against East Herts ' refusal of listed building consent , they withdrew from a public inquiry at a late stage after their intended expert witness informed them that they did not have a strong enough case . |
| 13 | This finding has led to the suggestion that the hepatocyte pallisade may represent a lineage system within which cells mature as they pass from a peri-bile ductular position ot mature perivenular hepatocytes . |
| 14 | This was followed by the bowling-alley racket of stones and boulders ricocheting off the walls of the crater as they ascended from a great depth to gush out over our heads in billowing clouds of debris and Our equipment , clothes and bodies were penetrated by the finest , hardest black dust . |
| 15 | Homology between DRP and dystrophin extends over their entire length , suggesting that they derive from a common ancestral gene . |
| 16 | They start from a particular point and then build out sideways as in the traditional picture of a delta . |
| 17 | Poecillopsis gracilis — The Porthole Livebearer which is common at this location was Pat and Derek 's first wild livebearer species which they bought from a local aquarium shop about 20 years ago . |
| 18 | As diagnoses become more refined , they move from a simple description of signs and symptoms to an understanding about pathogenesis , and finally to knowledge of aetiology . |
| 19 | Children who are photophobic ( sensitive to bright light ) will find that dazzle on bright sunny days can be quite distressing , especially when they move from a shaded interior into bright sunlight outside . |
| 20 | Not only then do they come from a professional sub-culture which permits and often encourages a range of physical contact ( quite apart from the obvious sporting activity , PE departments in schools often administer their own disciplinary code ) but they also have the physical self-confidence to undertake the risks that are present in these encounters . |
| 21 | And then a dim light opened out ahead : their boots crunched on pebbles and they emerged from a small cave whose entrance was uncovered only at the lowest of low tides . |
| 22 | Obviously , all ministers must have reasonable discretion in such matters , but if they depart from a clear , professional recommendation they must have good reason . |
| 23 | Especially when they come from a long way , away . |
| 24 | They come from a far , far distant land . |
| 25 | The ‘ ancient pine forests ’ concept is linked to another myth about chemical sensitivity — that patients who are ‘ universal reactors ’ are reacting to all synthetic organic chemicals because they come from a common source . |
| 26 | Arguments can be posed for mixing or not mixing and examples of excellent practice can be found , but it is vital that whatever conclusions are finally arrived at they come from a true understanding of what day care in any particular instance is trying to achieve for its attenders and their carers . |
| 27 | They come from a distinguished independent label , CRD , notable for interesting repertoire and high musical and technical standards . |
| 28 | In other words , they swing from a Mediterranean to an Atlantic orientation . |
| 29 | In a report published today the Association claims that most people can get all the vitamins they need from a healthy diet . |
| 30 | Incidentally it is just at this point that I find many theologians who enter this field particularly weak ; mainly because what they deduce from a Biblical view is so general ( and sometimes even vague ) that it is of little practical help in choosing between the main alternatives of the world today . |