Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [noun] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he no longer wrote to relatives or old war comrades , he explained stiffly , ‘ I 'm expecting word from my daughter in London . |
| 2 | Claudia trembled … she wanted him as much , but this was n't right ; Roman despised her , he thought she was taking Garry from his wife , and there was no way they could take this any further . |
| 3 | But it is feared mementoes from his first few months in Italy , together with treasured personal belongings may have been snatched . |
| 4 | ‘ They could see it was distracting attention from their own priorities over contra demobilisation . |
| 5 | In a statement on Nov. 19 the Comoran Union for Progress ( Udzima ) announced that it was withdrawing support from its leader , President Said Mohammed Djohar , and going into opposition ; the statement accused Djohar of carrying out a political witch-hunt following an attempted coup and subsequent Cabinet reshuffle in August [ see p. 38378 ] . |
| 6 | He was wiping blood from his face and seemed to have been fighting . |
| 7 | He was taking food from his mouth and trying to push it into my mouth . |
| 8 | At the same time Linkworth mentioned to everyone how he was making money from his little shop . |
| 9 | His own territorial base in Wales was relatively small , although in 1470 he was retaining men from his lordship of Chirk . |
| 10 | His own territorial base in Wales was relatively small , although in 1470 he was retaining men from his lordship of Chirk . |
| 11 | Eliot 's spelling of ‘ Gillen ’ and his misremembering of Howitt 's surname show that he was recalling material from his past . |