Example sentences of "his [noun] [verb] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of Cade 's allies in the city were men of position , although the bulk of his support came from the poorer classes ( 128 , pp.111 , 115 ) . |
| 2 | Walsh announced his decision to retire from the government on April 2 ; although he gave no reasons , he had earlier suggested that the government lacked sufficient political will to confront the country 's grave economic problems . |
| 3 | He used the occasion to inform the public that his decision to withdraw from the campaign in July had been in response to a Republican dirty tricks campaign which had included a plan to smear his daughter through manufactured photographs and to disrupt her forthcoming wedding . |
| 4 | Referring to his decision to resign from the Cabinet over the Westland affair in January 1986 , he says : ‘ I made a statement that day making it clear that I was going to continue in active politics in any role the Conservative Party wanted . |
| 5 | He succeeded Corneliu Coposu , who had previously announced his decision to resign from the post . |
| 6 | He watched his Mum go from the window , waving . |
| 7 | Just in time before his Mum turned from the cooker , he jumped off the roof . |
| 8 | Obtain as much information as you can about his argument , his willingness to shift from the present position . |
| 9 | He seemed arrested by her laughter , she saw , as she watched his glance go from the merriment in her eyes to her laughing mouth . |
| 10 | ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face . |
| 11 | Alain carefully ignored her until it was time to go and she watched his car sweep from the house with very mixed feelings . |
| 12 | The Friar frowned , checked his ho-hoings and allowed his eyes to flicker from the enemies in front . |
| 13 | ‘ When he takes his glasses off , his eyes flinch from the impact of the open air , ’ said Finn . |
| 14 | He pushed past them frantically , his eyes smarting from the dust . |
| 15 | ‘ You look a little distraite , ’ he observed drily , his eyes moving from the rumpled strands of blonde hair escaping from her plait to the finger-marks and the damp champagne patch on the front of her dress . |
| 16 | As his mind rambles from the boy to the jersey to Ellen ( who knitted it ) , to the sea and the Borough ( via the fish Grimes is going to get rich by catching ) , back to Ellen and the future life they will never lead because Grimes can not escape his past — as his mind rambles in this way , so the music probes our sympathies by constant allusion back to the variations in the interlude . |
| 17 | It was during the course of his acrimonious exchanges with the Constituent Assembly on New Year 's Day 1946 that de Gaulle evidently made up his mind to resign from the presidency . |
| 18 | But the terms were not equal , for his assailant bled from the head , under his conical helm and gorget of chain mail , and from some wounds under his plate-armour , also , for there were red seams in his body-harness , and he leaned to his right side , favouring it as he fought . |
| 19 | But the attitude of women content to stay in their middle-level comfort zones came in for a lot too — not only from a male chief executive who had seen one of his recruits retreat from the fast track , but from senior female executives as well who felt women ‘ should take their share of responsibility for low applications for senior jobs . ’ |
| 20 | By the 1180s his network of financial agents reached into almost every shire in England ; his clients ranged from the king of Scotland and the great religious houses to the local parish priests of Lincoln ; and his business interests involved not only mortgages , but also the purchase and sale of discounted bonds , pawnbroking , property development , and commodity brokering . |
| 21 | The most serious opposition to his work came from the wealthy and respectable Sir Ralph Clare . |
| 22 | This man and his parents originated from the south of England . |
| 23 | His bending and vibrato are very distinctive and to my mind this side of his playing comes from the Hendrix/B.B.King school , whereby he often bends minor thirds slightly sharp and fifths slightly flat — both of which help to lend a bluesy tinge to his style . |
| 24 | His functions ranged from the fixed and formal to the highly uncertain . |
| 25 | His coaching had been minimal , but all his strokes came from the textbook and he was never once known to play across the line . |
| 26 | Until his body recovered from the effects of the psychic blast this was his only means of defence . |
| 27 | Unlike most stockbroking firms Vine-Lott can not tell you how many clients he has , for the good reason that much of his business comes from the Barclays branch network , with the individual branch counted as the client rather than the individuals who buy and sell shares in the particular branch . |
| 28 | When you 've done that , I want his file removed from the records department and brought fully up to date for the ‘ active ’ unit . |
| 29 | His targets ranged from the ‘ filth of Bangorianism ’ to John Wycliffe , Gilbert Burnet , and Sir John Oldcastle [ qq.v . ] . |
| 30 | All this the Doctor and his group learn from the aged Keeper of the Conscience , Arbitan . |