Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [vb pp] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To get a wider picture than I had obtained from the local bookshops I made special journeys to various places , and acquired every library book I came across , only restricting myself by not acquiring more than one book from each library . |
| 2 | ‘ My sole reason for invading your maiden privacy , ’ he said with sarcasm , ‘ was because I 'd heard from the police . |
| 3 | After I had recovered from the anaesthetic the house officer came to tell me that while I had been anaesthetised the senior registrar had in fact examined me internally . |
| 4 | On a more mundane level , I have felt delight in contemplating some phenomenon of nature which I have seen and felt with the emotions of a child when I have escaped from the prison house of our habitual thoughts . |
| 5 | I thereupon asked Howard Samuel whether he would grant to the Labour Party a licence for the extract , as I had discovered from the contract that the quotation rights were vested in the publisher . |
| 6 | That , as I had seen from the outside , was shrouded in green plastic , and , as all the windows seemed to have been boarded up , there was scarcely any light at all . |