Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [verb] from [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Hewlett , I rashly said I would send him some of the letters I had received from him . |
2 | ’ Come away in and warm yourself , Archie , ’ I said , adopting an idiom I had absorbed from him . |
3 | Somewhere in the back of my mind I think maybe I was afraid that they would find you although I had heard from you by that time and knew you could not possibly be there at the bottom of Loch Craig . |
4 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
5 | All that morning I was frightened that my sister would discover that I had stolen from her , but luckily she was so busy cleaning the house , and roasting the chickens for our Christmas lunch that she did not notice that I had been out , or that any food was missing . |
6 | I should know — playing ostrich is a habit I 've inherited from him ! |
7 | It 's a vigorous campaign and I 've suffered from it before . |
8 | ‘ From the time I was a child my dream was to win the Grand National and the biggest thing I 've gained from it is confidence . |
9 | And his quality show earned the praise of manager Steve Gritt , who said : ‘ That is the best all-round performance I 've seen from him and for the second game in succession he 's earned us a draw . ’ |
10 | So far all I 've heard from you is bleating about Maria Luisa 's feelings ; well , I care about Steve 's — ’ |
11 | Which I 've hidden from him , of course . |
12 | ‘ And now you say I 've thieved from you ? |
13 | All I 've had from him are two cheques totally £600 . |
14 | Since downloading the file I 've had severe difficulty tearing myself away from this game , such is the enjoyment and frustration I 've had from it . |
15 | ‘ I 've taken from him , ’ Ellie said . |
16 | ‘ Perhaps you 're not trying for the prize of a wedding-ring ; if so , I apologise , though nothing can bring back what I 've taken from you . ’ |
17 | The main thing I 've learned from him was how to deal with disaster . |
18 | Erm I mean I I 've got from I think I 've certainly got Roger 's and and Norman 's erm stuff for |
19 | Now I have emerged from it , just as happy . |
20 | In its place they have a very good organisation called the United Kingdom Immigration Advice Service and I will quote a fax I have received from them . |
21 | It would be inequitable to those who take a contrary view to that of the hon. Gentleman if I were to see him exceptionally , in addition to all the other representations that I have received from him , now that the consultation period is over and I am reaching a conclusion on the matter . |
22 | I am indebted to his Department for all the technical help that I have received from it , and I sincerely hope that the Bill is a better measure as a result . |
23 | The rough edges on the opening Mean To Me quickly gave way to the most assured and accomplished performance I have heard from her . |
24 | These were much the best performances I have heard from him , and say a lot for the state of Horndean , Petersfield and Rogate Choral Societies , from whom the Festival Chorus were drawn . |
25 | PAMELA : [ aside ] It is the first " will not " I have heard from him . |
26 | Moody was entertained at Dunrobin Castle near Golspie , and the Duke , who owned more acres than anyone in Europe , wrote to him , ‘ I shall never forget what I have heard from you . |
27 | Only then , Wolfprince , only when you are cowed and submissive , only when I have drawn from you every shred of defiance , when I have extracted every sliver of pleasure I can from your predicament , shall I take your soul . |
28 | ‘ But I have had by far the better of the deal because the consultancy advice I have had from her has outweighed that ten times over . |
29 | And how strange , she thought , that I have come from him , and you are but now going to him , and yet I do not envy even you , the most enviable of women ! |
30 | I have probably saved you from years of frustration , waiting and hoping for someone good enough to come along and kill the one I have taken from you . ’ |