Example sentences of "from [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A word from me to the Commissioners might have swayed the sale in Phipps 's direction . |
| 2 | He looked from me to the suitcase and back again in amazement . |
| 3 | If I cry , the Monster cries — more piteously , longer , louder — not because it is sad , of course not , never out of sorrow or pity , no , merely because Jimbo has cried and thereby been noticed , for his self These scraps of attention the Monster would take from me to the last smile , the last nod , the last little pat on the head . |
| 4 | Cos Michael started it , he said we 're never said anything when we set off in the car , and then he said that he 'd had this fax from me and er Andrew said , well it was n't actually from , er , from me to the , it was fetched up to me and I sent it in the office . |
| 5 | I had a brief view of flailing arms and flying pans followed by a prolonged metallic clatter , then the little man reappeared like a projectile , turned right and sped away from me up the street . |
| 6 | But notice that I 'm pouring slowly and gently away from me into the dish which I shall then put in here , and I 'm going to put the the plate , which I described to you before , which has been covered with what 's on the back ? |
| 7 | He is a yard away from me across the gate . |
| 8 | Discretion would appear to be ‘ the better part ’ ; about fifty to sixty metres down from me on the right are some very steep — probably vertical — cliffs falling the last thirteen to seventeen metres into the sea and I have no desire to ride an avalanche down . |
| 9 | The fading Argentine superstar said : ‘ Gascoigne is the one player I can see taking over from me on the world stage . ’ |
| 10 | The Daily Telegraph published a long article from me on the subject on its editorial page . |
| 11 | Further information about the centre and its work can be obtained from me at the centre . |
| 12 | Molloy learned it from me at the Imperial Hotel , Blackpool , during one of the duller party conferences . |
| 13 | So Kenny Parker took over from me for the second half . |
| 14 | Admonished and instructed by turns , I occasionally had the tambourine snatched away from me by the Second Son , who would rap it sharply against the wheel . |
| 15 | Do you think you could keep away from me by the way ? |
| 16 | ‘ It came from me in the first place , did n't it ? |
| 17 | All thoughts of doubt and shadows fall away from me in the face of this perfection . |
| 18 | ‘ By adding up the days migraine stole from me in the past , I calculate that I shall be able to enjoy living for three extra weeks in a year ! ’ |
| 19 | They 'd taken my girlfriend away from me in the real world , why must they take away her picture ? |
| 20 | He would lead me through small flocks of goats , or to where the traffic was worst , and then briefly hide from me in the narrow alley-ways or the open shops . |
| 21 | He had wanted to publish a full-length article from me in The Criterion ; and in expressing the hope that this sort of work would be ‘ a help ’ , he was , with his knowledge of the therapeutic value of work , perfectly right . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , Denis and I provided the background music for this particular ‘ pack in the box ’ and much hissing was heard from me in the interval into the ear of our Company Manager Jeremy Adams . |
| 23 | The blue train is pulling away from me in the drizzle , gathering speed , effortlessly accelerating along its elevated track . |
| 24 | At the far end four big ovens occupied the space , huge pipes leading up from them into the ceiling overhead . |
| 25 | For she had taken her mind from his marauding hands and , with a low guttural cry , he had succeeded in stripping off her top and flinging it from them into the dark recesses of the room . |
| 26 | There is continuous feedback to the researchers and input from them into the policy debate . |
| 27 | For instance , in a dry country , animals and plants work to maintain the fluid content of their cells , work against a natural tendency for water to flow from them into the dry outside world . |
| 28 | still not a sign of any policy from them on the Health Service , par for the course . |
| 29 | I wondered if you might have seen either of them or heard from them over the past few days . ’ |
| 30 | The Canadian dissenters also said that information was withheld from them during the investigation . |