Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] from the " in BNC.

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1 Linda recognised her from the previous day at school .
2 Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman .
3 He struggled into his overcoat which Antony brought him from the hall .
4 Millie remembered it from the previous evening .
5 Alice Fell was such a stumbling-block that Wordsworth withdrew it from the 1820 edition of his poems .
6 Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side .
7 Rachaela watched her from the kitchen window of the flat .
8 Getting to her feet , Rachaela saw her from the window , dawdling off along the road towards school .
9 A –rain of plastic sailed stunters , with tubular tails trailing to follow the flight path , as that great showman Peter Powell steers them from the sunroof of a moving car .
10 Hugh liked him from the first ; and so do I like him , I like him very well .
11 She had the sensation that if she looked over her shoulder she would find Rohan Saint Yves watching her from the shadows …
12 As a symbol of his undying affinity to Barnet , Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club .
13 Fry promised to watch this Saturday 's match at Halifax from the terraces — despite Flashman banning him from the club .
14 When Mr Heath sacked him from the Shadow Cabinet in 1968 after he had paraphrased Virgil 's Aeneid and with foreboding claimed to see ‘ the River Tiber foaming with much blood ’ he began a journey into the wilderness .
15 He dreamt that Lucie threw him from the parapet of a bridge into deep water , with a stone statue of Garvey tied round his neck .
16 Despite this , the new president of the CSIC , José Mato , decided in November to exclude me from the examination and to cancel the competition .
17 His manager Alan McColm said : ‘ Martin phoned me from the airport to say what had happened and he was furious .
18 Graham recognised them from the Art School ; they were talking and laughing .
19 Graham called her from the School that day , found her in .
20 Grant took it from the loft this morning .
21 Will Vern notice me from the drive when he comes out of the hospital ?
22 When Benny and Eve came out of Healy 's Hotel , they saw Sean Walsh watching them from the doorway of Hogan 's across the street .
23 Damian helped her from the Mercedes .
24 Adam followed them from the security of the trees , watched the senior officer talking as the others listened and followed him .
25 Philip watched them from the window .
26 She was sifting desultorily through her work schedule when Adam rang her from the office .
27 Gripping the child 's arm , Aggie pulled her from the room and through into a hall and there she stood waiting , for she guessed that the women lined up like felons against the wall would now be led out to pay their fines at the desk in the corner , or be taken through the door back to the cells .
28 Adam watched him from the top of the bus .
29 Emmie watched him from the end of the garden , knee-deep in damp , sweet fern .
30 SOUTHAMPTON manager Ian Branfoot substituted hardman Terry Hurlock to save him from the red card .
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