Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] he [verb] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herzen observed a " sharp and remarkable " difference between essays he received from Russia in 1856 and those that had arrived in 1855 . |
| 2 | One source said the general was closely scrutinising the list of telephone calls of support he received from senior officials during the coup to see who called , and whether it was before the rebellion was known to have failed . |
| 3 | The dialectical method of reasoning he borrowed from Engel ; and we should never under-estimate its importance in being a fundamental break with the tradition of Western philosophy . |
| 4 | She remembered the smell as he tipped out the bag of manure he got from Tandy 's every now and then , and the way she would hold her nose and shout ‘ Pooh ! ’ , and he would laugh and call her Miss Dainty Socks . |
| 5 | He has now fitted three rainwater barrels to use in the garden to reduce the amount of water he takes from the main . |
| 6 | Hence , on the one hand , his wide knowledge of books , paintings , music , his interest in the specialist knowledge of people he met from other walks of life , his responsiveness to many artistic influences , and his concern for people . |
| 7 | The most dramatic difference in the two pictures as seen by the remote observer is in the nature of radiation he receives from the object . |
| 8 | He 's got a very good serve , but the percentage of points he makes from the baseline is better than with the volley . |
| 9 | He was convinced from the beginning that Ken was perfect for the role of the slightly dotty but romantic detective in the white raincoat , a man who existed on a diet of macaroons he produced from out of a black Gladstone bag . |
| 10 | It shows up on one of the pictures — and I think that 's the only bit of pain he got from that . ’ |
| 11 | 51 is discovered to have kind feelings which like Wemmick he conceals from his office life . |
| 12 | But with money he made from oil trading in Nigeria , a series of quick-fire deals and massive development work in Cornwall , he has built a fortune of around £75 million . |
| 13 | Miss Pickering told magistrates that he opened up accounts with names he plucked from the telephone directory . |
| 14 | In any event , in mid-April he withdrew from the contest . |
| 15 | Early in life he went from school to school , sometimes half across Europe ; then he looked for patronage to give him a livelihood . |
| 16 | Just as it looked as though he was going to be " bridesmaid " again in 1986m he emerged from a tense season as champion for a third time , but it was not resolved until the very last race of the season once more . |
| 17 | Her father obtained a commission in the Royal Marines in 1755 , was promoted to captain by 1761 , and later became groom of the bedchamber to George III , though in time he fell from favour at court . |
| 18 | On Monday he rang from his car for the score . |
| 19 | On the issue of pre-1935 appeasement of Mussolini over Abyssinia he quotes from L. S. Amery 's ‘ diary ’ , which is referred to in a footnote as My Political Life , vol. 3 ( 1955 ) and also refers to two other accounts of the same events in Viscount Templewood 's Nine Troubled Years , pt. 2 ( 1954 ) , and Sir Anthony Eden 's Facing the Dictators ( 1962 ) . |