Example sentences of "from [adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From about 1760 he was increasingly occupied in surveying and reporting on river and canal works , including those of the rivers Lea , Chelmer , Thames , Medway , and the Stour in Kent ; the drainage of the Ancholme level and the north level of the Fens ; the Forth and Clyde canal , and the Stroudwater canal . |
| 2 | From about 1902 she and Bateson were the leading members of the team which started the modern study of plant genetics in Britain ; indeed , she has been called the ‘ mother ’ of British plant genetics . |
| 3 | From about 1909 he was a friend of ( Sir ) John Beazley [ q.v. ] , with whom he once combined to buy a Sienese picture they had discovered in a dealer 's ; and he often travelled in Italy to look at pictures , sometimes in the company of his friend Scholfield . |
| 4 | From about 3.30 she plays quite happily by herself and I return to my book again ! |
| 5 | From about 1690 he also supported himself by giving courses of lectures on chemistry . |
| 6 | For a brief period after his accession Henry VII allowed the old Exchequer system to revive ; but from about 1493 he reverted to the methods of his immediate predecessors . |
| 7 | Dating from around 1903 it had clearly been well played with as it was scratched and chipped and lacked a front wheel . |