Example sentences of "[Wh pn] had [vb pp] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The derelict gardens were rescued by Davyd , who had moved down from the mountains of Wales to the plains of East Anglia , but remained very Welsh , his accent giving authority to everything he said . |
| 2 | You had to be the , the perfect woman who was one , who had grown up from the little girl of the eighteen-thirties who was all bouncy and skippy and optimistic ; now she had to be very quiet , she was admired for her innocence , for her delicate nature and her dainty physique . |
| 3 | In 1981 , for example , a jockey who had fought back from the depths of cancer partnered a horse which had twice spent months with a hind leg in plaster . |
| 4 | Last month PHILIP VANN looked at artists who had come up from the mines to become artists ; in this issue he concentrates on those artists who went down to the pit to paint |
| 5 | They were by now in Piccadilly Circus , which was as bright as day , and were surrounded by the crowds streaming from the theatres , cafés and dives which populated the area , painted ladies of a certain character being prominent among them — as well as the enthusiastic amateurs who had come up from the East End to make a few pennies , or even be given supper , as a price for their favours . |
| 6 | The volatility of the Cusqueños coupled with the increasing pressure among them of poor campesinos who had come down from the Andes to seek a better life stood in ironic contrast to the rigid panoply of the state ; a situation brought home to me on Easter Sunday . |
| 7 | Meantime , back at the Bourne , the crowd were treated to a display of power tennis from Duncan Knight who had come down from the David Lloyd Centre with Onny Parun . |
| 8 | Bernard Mullan , one of the Fascists who had come down from the Chelsea headquarters , was under arrest . |
| 9 | Apart from her father and her brother Niall who had come down from the watchtower , she was the tallest person present , and her fine clothes lent her a new self-confidence . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , the stars of the night series final were the player who had come back from the World Cup . |
| 11 | He was being heckled , jeered and booed by the vast majority , which included several hundred workers who had driven up from the Midlands ' plants to influence the vote . |
| 12 | The train was hauled by BR Standard 75069 , and was formed of five goods brakevans comprising one LMS , one SR , one GWR ‘ Toad ’ and two BR Types of van which give ample space for the party of 43 that were carried , the majority of whom had travelled up from the Bath-Bristol area by coach . |