Example sentences of "to [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The ‘ conversion ’ of the UK government has been briefly described earlier ; it is manifested in their July 1989 commitment to spend £10m. on climate change research in 1989/90 and the confident request to them from the Advisory Board for the Research Councils ( ABRC ) for an extra £11m. in 1990 and £13m. in the two succeeding years for additional environmental research . |
| 3 | But for many stall-fed cattle and pigs the crops are brought to them from the fields . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | But manufacturers can sometimes move the goal posts to suit their own ends — or perhaps they were oblivious to them from the start . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Members of TI will promote ‘ standards of conduct ’ , though they will not have to keep to them from the start . |
| 8 | As soon as they had made their way back , Bigwig came across to them from the bushes at the edge of the path . |
| 9 | Calling them " temporary workers " merely made their situation clear to them from the start of their employment . |
| 10 | Further funding will cover , in part at least , the shortfall between the amount allocated to them from the common fund and their total expenditure . |
| 11 | Spain , Portugal , Ireland and Greece also oppose an early enlargement , albeit for rather different reasons : they fear that the current transfer of resources to them from the richer countries — above all , from Britain and Germany — might be put at risk , and have made it clear that their support for any growth in the size of the Community is contingent on their receipt of guaranteed levels of Cohesion payments . |
| 12 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that some British companies have not received the compensation due to them from the Turkish authorities controlling northern Cyprus ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Most degree courses have very flexible structures and allow students to include subjects of special interest to them from the large selection available in the University . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | When I 'm in the kitchen she calls to me from the sitting room , where she is sewing . |
| 19 | The fly , which has settled on my forehead and reads to me from the Sixth Book of the Aeneid , is the same fly which buzzes round the head of Virgil in Mantua . |
| 20 | The voice of your brother 's blood is crying to me from the ground . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | All Leslie 's letters to me from the sealed camp at Fairford bore ( as well as the R.A.F. censor 's stamp ) undated postmarks . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The lack of even a hint of that attitude in Runcorn , combined with his remarkable equability , endeared him to me from the start . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He would always teach trainees : " If a client asks you a question you do n't understand , say — " Hold on a minute sir , a call has just come through to me from the States " — put him on hold then , and ask me . |
| 27 | It has seemed a certainty to me from the beginning ; the decision of the Council is tomorrow . |
| 28 | Then he muttered to me from the corner of his mouth . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | As a works convenor , I work along twenty shop stewards , and I can tell this Congress that the message that they 've given to me from the people from the people that have elected them , is that they 're sick and tired of the perpetual bleating of the T U C about how they have to abide by the laws , when the only laws that are there are the laws that are bringing this movement down . |