Example sentences of "from [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of her time at Somerville Sue comments : ‘ I 'm afraid I got far more from my extra-curricular activities than I did from my studies ’ . |
| 2 | From my second-floor vantage point I could see my classmates as they tumbled out into the quad playing catch with my shoes . |
| 3 | ‘ Go ’ , said Barbarossa , ‘ And take one of the supporting feet from my golden cask as your payment ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ What , from my golden transmigration ? ’ ) |
| 5 | What a pleasure it always is to hear from my sole mate Mollie O'Finn from Bo'ness . |
| 6 | he had lifted a biro from my inside breast pocket |
| 7 | If hunting were banned on all of that it would only have a small marginal effect but we can as Mr said only ban hunting on land we both own and control , land in hand , that actually totals a hundred and fifty eight acres , slightly smaller than Victoria Park but that includes road , bridleways , land with no access , S S S Is , Sites of Special Scientific Interest , land awaiting disposal the land capable of being hunted and in hand totals fifty two acres about as much of Victoria Park as I can see from my front window . |
| 8 | Then , after flying back to Heathrow , I stepped off the plane and ten miles from my front door on the drive home , I had a head-on crash . |
| 9 | Yeah I walk from my front door to my car as well and people say that 's not enough exercise . |
| 10 | Your first problem as I recall from my masterly analysis , is that you have nowhere to live except a hotel that 's rapidly running out of vases . |
| 11 | I would have been isolated from nature , and natural forces , but for the fact that , from my earliest childhood , I was familiar with the sea and fishing . |
| 12 | His time since then has been taken up with self-examination — ‘ finding my real identity , trying to reorganise my own language combining western techniques with the voices from my earliest experience . ’ |
| 13 | From my earliest days , my interest in the Old Masters has frequently led me to consult Hofstede de Groot 's A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century which includes the work of such household names as Rembrandt and Frans Hals , Johannes Vermeer and Jacob van Ruisdael among some 40 major Dutch artists . |
| 14 | From my earliest days my father had planned my future along rigid lines . |
| 15 | It went pretty well actually , the feedback I got from my immediate boss fairly pleased with it was pleased with it |
| 16 | When I had recovered from my immediate repugnance , I had to concede he was merely correct . |
| 17 | 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 . " |
| 18 | That came straight from my early conditioning , my relationship with my mother and the fact that I have always found it easier to give than receive . |
| 19 | Apart from my regular CD collection , I ca n't resist promotional and sampler discs . |
| 20 | You expect me to detach myself from my non-bourgeois essence … to honour your gods , your fathers , your Revolution … |
| 21 | If , however , like Bilinda from My Bloody Valentine you 're singing tender entreaties to your partner or questioning the nature of love , then you 're saying something universal and good . |
| 22 | I just want to get away from my normal surroundings . ’ |
| 23 | It is so far removed , not only from my normal run of experience , but from anything I have ever done that it seems beyond the realms of reality , a fantasy production , a dream come true . |
| 24 | Feeling flustered and guilty that I had departed from my normal custom of never working on a pupil 's painting , I foolishly replied " Yes " . |
| 25 | to draw me from my strangling circle , |
| 26 | co-ordinates up , erm , you know , I have n't yet had contact from er no , I thought I 'd been given a new name , but , no I have n't had con any contact from my new co-ordinator yet , erm , but that was n't in my mind when I spoke on Thursday about Christmas , perhaps I ought to pursue that one in time for the next meeting and see what 's happening in South Africa and are getting it in South America for . |
| 27 | I do not like the mobile , but it is a present from my new sister so I pretend . |
| 28 | About three weeks after I started looking , I came upon an advertisement for a receptionist to work at a local authority office building , not too far from my new home . |
| 29 | Once I had begun to reap the benefits from my new system , I decided to enlarge on it and make it work even harder for me . |
| 30 | Example 6 is part of the chorus melody ( see Example 2 for visual ) of the tune Suspended Animation from my new record . |