Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [vb pp] from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that while shopping in a crowded store I become temporarily separated from a friend and in reply to his anxious call shout back " I am here " . |
| 2 | ‘ You 've obviously come from a happy , loving family , ’ said Wendy . |
| 3 | and as soon as you 've parked , they 've obviously come from a home somewhere or from the hospital or whatever |
| 4 | How d " you always manage to look like you 've just escaped from a hair-pulling battle ? |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just come from a session with Gladys Brown , a strange woman who has the room next to Meryl Armitage 's . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just come from a crossroads called Quatre Bras , sir . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just come from a meeting with Bobby Anscombe . |
| 8 | After 30 seconds or so , he stops and rubs his left hand across his face in the way I do when I 've just woken from a night 's sleep . |
| 9 | It also supported Bitstream 's Speedo fonts , giving users a far wider choice of typefaces than they 've ever had from a DOS product . |
| 10 | Honestly the only bad thing that I 've ever got from a shop is a porno video . |
| 11 | So we 've now gone from a real slow one to a really definitely record-breaking |
| 12 | They 've actually gone from a full service back to this level because this is what they 've found is what people need and obviously this is surely what we should be able to do , erm I think that you know by providing the extra ten thousand my concern now is that we actually make sure that our offices are fully covered here . |
| 13 | Services for people who drink alcohol to excess or who misuse drugs have long suffered from a lack of clarity about what the exact nature of the problem is . |
| 14 | We have already moved from a whole season to a single day and the next four lines are narrowed down even further from the universal sun to a fire which exists in a particular person , namely , the speaker . |
| 15 | Over the past 10 years we have already come from a situation where road runners were getting virtually nothing from the sport , to a far more respected and well-provided role . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I have just returned from a holiday in Hungary with my six year old son and I feel I must write to thank you . |
| 17 | When we meet they have just returned from a promotional stretch with Virgin in Los Angeles . |
| 18 | I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment . |
| 19 | I HAVE JUST RETURNED from a trip to Norway , a country I find like an exaggerated version of Scotland — bigger mountains , wider moorland , wilder scenery and more extreme temperatures . |
| 20 | Sir , I have just returned from a full week in Belgrade and would like to seek comment and clarification on the information and knowledge sanctions which are now being imposed on Serbia . |
| 21 | I HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlord , Mr Heathcliff . |
| 22 | I have just returned from a NATO meeting last week at which we agreed the military strategy that will accompany the strategic concept now agreed , of which Germany is a prominent supporter . |
| 23 | Two of our ‘ boys ’ have just returned from a week there on a rugby tour . |
| 24 | A key feature of the battery of initiatives is that they have largely stemmed from a Human Resource Management approach which is directed at employees as individuals . |
| 25 | Recent cases , where health authorities have overspent , have usually stemmed from a failure to properly install and operate such a system . |
| 26 | The Secretary of State made one of the worst speeches that I have ever heard from a Minister in the House . |
| 27 | The right hon. Gentleman made the weakest speech in favour of a guillotine motion that I have ever heard from a Leader of the House and that is saying something . |
| 28 | ‘ Brilliant … best speech I have ever heard from a Scottish leader at conference , ’ enthused one MP . |
| 29 | The arguments in support of cheap nuclear power have always derived from a deceptively simple premise . |
| 30 | Fossil goat-antelopes dating back 35 million years closely resemble the serow , and present day goat-antelopes have probably evolved from a serow-like ancestor . |