Example sentences of "from [n mass] [Wh pn] [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The councillors were drawn heavily from people who had served on the previous local authorities : and most of the public remained ignorant and apathetic towards local government ( Rhodes 1972:420 — 1 ) . |
| 2 | A very nice letter it was too , but just one of many from people who had seen me on television . |
| 3 | ICI claimed this was not harmful to residents in the area and they had only received a small number of complaints from people who had inhaled the gas . |
| 4 | The package cost $5,100 million , to be financed by compensatory revenues of $2,600 million gained from closing a loophole for wealthy taxpayers who make quarterly income tax payments , $880 million from maintaining the unemployment tax at 0.08 per cent ( instead of allowing the scheduled drop to 0.06 percent ) , and $1,700 million from allowing the Internal Revenue Service to continue to withold tax refunds from people who had defaulted on student loans . |
| 5 | She had heard wonderful stories from people who had watched soldiers practising , stories of shining metal flashing through the air . |
| 6 | But from people who 'd brought that things to talk about . |
| 7 | And er they have a go , er even day and night , and I do n't know anywhere in the country that you can get that sort of service twenty four hours a day , three hundred and sixty five days a year from people who get paid that sort of money , it 's , I think it 's , it 's a marvellous er set-up it really is . |
| 8 | Now , it 's a bit different , because normally we apply to a job in Glasgow , we might get it or we might not , but , you look at , we 've got more of , of information , but , in less developed countries , that information is , even if it were collected , sometimes it 's not even collected , erm , it 's not widely available , so people 's perceptions or hearsay from people who 've gone before , is the information , and that 's often erm , wrong . |
| 9 | I 've heard some pretty grim tales from people who 've let property complete with furnishings to strangers . |
| 10 | We do occasionally get calls from people who 've dialled a number listed in one of the ads only to find that it 's wrong — an old lady in Dunfirmline insisting that she 's definitely not selling a Malmsteen Strat — or perhaps giving the ‘ unobtainable ’ tone on a number which does n't exist . |
| 11 | Many category 2 queries , however , are from people who have done a fair amount of ‘ homework ’ , but have been unable to find out all they would like to know , or wish to check that they have made the right interpretation of their reading . |
| 12 | taking new claims for benefit from people who have become unemployed ; |
| 13 | The most common calls are from people who have lost their pets . |
| 14 | ‘ We get a few calls from people who have lost heavy vehicles which ca n't be recovered by civilian companies . ’ |
| 15 | The Northern has received telephone calls and letters from people who have contributed and want to know what is happening . |
| 16 | The Northern Echo has received a series of telephone calls and letters from people who have contributed and want to know what is happening . |
| 17 | → We receive quite a few letters from people who have suffered from the indifferent attitude which seems to prevail in many music shops . |
| 18 | I 've heard from people who have visited Brussels that meetings were being cancelled because the British Delegation were not even members of the trade union , but looking at the structure of the works councils in the U K this is no wonder . |
| 19 | Ever since our auction of Mel Fisher 's discoveries from this wreck in 1988 , we continue to get calls from people who have received pieces of the treasure in return for their investment in the salvage operation . |
| 20 | But where the uproar has come from is from people who have thought that they had got binding court agreements . |
| 21 | She said she had a few hair-raising experiences , mainly from people who have had too much to drink . |