Example sentences of "[pers pn] from [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , I from Edinburgh branch , I 'm the Assistant Manager of Services there , erm , that means I 'm in charge of Personnel and Admin , erm , Personal Insurances and our Technical Services Unit . |
| 2 | She enjoyed their company , although she did not read their books as closely as they might have wished , for she had a strong and idiosyncratic sense of history , particularly of the Stuart period ( like my grandfather , she was a descendant of Charles II , in her case from Nell Gwyn , in his from Lucy Walter ) . |
| 3 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 4 | Invoice to you from Alex Higgins and Jimmy White : |
| 5 | The resolution is , comes before you from Mid-Wales district council , those in favour of sending er , Elizabeth 's nomination forward , if she agrees to that please show ? |
| 6 | Moreover , being old and poor-sighted , they could not distinguish you from Lady Eleanor . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you from Doctor Jekyll ? ’ |
| 8 | The next section takes you from Brockhoult Mount to Cinderfield Wood . |
| 9 | ‘ I have a message for you from Val Catto . ’ |
| 10 | They say television can never lie … do n't you believe it … all we can show you from Elland Road are the three Leeds goals that beat swindon … |
| 11 | Where are you from Mr. Boom ? |
| 12 | Hardraw is a good starting point for Shunner Fell and Lovely Seat , the two hills that flank the famous Butter Tubs Pass , and is known to many who have walked the Pennine Way as either the end or the beginning of the day that takes you from Tan Hill to Hawes or vice versa , depending on which direction you are walking . |
| 13 | I 've a very urgent message for you from Mr Norris . |
| 14 | A colleague from Christian Aid phoned me from Addis Ababa last night and he reported what had happened in the Red Sea port of Assab on Saturday which was when 15 trucks and trailers were loaded each with 22 tons of U N grain and there was a little ceremony as they left at 12 noon for Desai . |
| 15 | Well they 're not new blimming , new pict though they 've decorated have n't they , they 've done one coat now , I look like Nora Batty with wrinkles in this tights I told her to phone me from Woking station but she 's probably er |
| 16 | Here 's Darwin saying in a letter to a friend Heaven forfend me from Lamarck nonsense of a tendency to progression and indeed , Darwin 's view was the contrary to this , and here 's another quote from Darwin , after long reflection , I can not avoid the conviction that no innate tendency to development exists . |
| 17 | He read to me from Brendan Behan 's The Borstal Boy . |
| 18 | Four key members of my original team joined me from Hawker Siddeley and we started work on the first batch of 25 robots . |
| 19 | I felt he would protect me from Mrs Reed . |
| 20 | " Surely you do n't watch me from Lord Jim . " |
| 21 | Do you have any more messages to bring me from Victor Frankenstein ? ’ |
| 22 | Colin Sheaf , who will auction Vung Tau , rang me from Hong Kong to say there was a great deal of interest there and in Singapore in the cargo , and catalogues were selling fast . |
| 23 | I could never understand why Crusoe left his paradise in the first place ; wild horses would not have dragged me from Juan Fernandez . |
| 24 | It seems very strange to meet people who have passed through the C.B.T.C. who have never seen me before , or marched behind me from Spean Bridge railway station to start their training . |
| 25 | It is clear to me from Mr evidence that er he regards school as entirely appropriate for the plaintiff . |
| 26 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone less they should fall upon this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight ’ . |
| 27 | I would say with you to the good Lord ‘ spare me from Mr Kinnock 's gaze , hold on tight to the tablets of stone lest they should fall on this hapless servant 's head , may there be no rock so small that I can not shelter behind it out of Mr Kinnock 's sight , keep the rod and staff of Socialism firmly in your hands lest it be upon my back that it should be broken . |
| 28 | Nick Moore first wrote to me from Ashwell prison , Leics , in January , where he was serving seven years — for building society robberies in Derby . |
| 29 | He signalled me from Pitt Street and I met him and he gave me the peg [ the notebook entry you both make ] . |
| 30 | I remember Dinah Prentice reading aloud to me from John Prebble 's The Highland Clearances when I was drawing near Arisaig . |