Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] a [adj] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cells have their origin a long distance from the sex organs . |
| 2 | Officers of merchant ships were particularly vulnerable if they did not have in their possession a written protection from impressment issued by the Admiralty , and David Scott was enabled to oblige both Provost Watt of Forfar and several influential merchants of Dundee by securing the freedom of Peter Brown , the mate of the ship John and Nancy of Dundee , though in this case the Dundee magistrates had to provide an able seaman as a replacement for Brown before he was freed from the pressing tender . |
| 3 | With cinema admissions expanding rapidly , Rank was not only in a buoyant financial condition , but also in a strong position to negotiate a deal , which would secure his films a fair return from the US market , with major American companies increasingly concerned to protect their UK earnings . |
| 4 | Montgomery digested the information , then cast his sergeant a quizzical glance from under his finely marked eyebrows . |
| 5 | As I left his office a young woman from a Polish theatre company came in to discuss with Welch the principles of controlling ‘ income streams ’ . |