Example sentences of "who [vb past] from [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In effect , those who operated from within the comfy confines of the constitutional approach , froze the constitution when the set-up is never fixed . |
| 2 | The man who rose from behind a large polished desk on the far side of the room , and came forward to shake Robyn 's hand , was smaller and more ordinary-looking than she had expected . |
| 3 | In the western gable north Greek and Athenian heroes are guided in the fight against barbarism by another child of Zeus , god of light and healing and lord of the two other greatest inter-state sanctuaries , Delphi north of the gulf and the Ionian island Delos ; while on the east front Zeus himself supports the fortunes of Pelops who came from beyond the Aegean to give his name to the Peloponnese . |
| 4 | THE EIGHTH Middle East Oil Show in Bahrain proved to be a great success , at least to one of the 250 companies who came from around the world to exhibit . |
| 5 | As for the incomers , about 108 freemen ( 47·2 per cent ) were immigrants who came from within a 20-mile radius , 75 ( 29·3 per cent ) came from between 20 and 50 miles and 73 ( 28·5 per cent ) came from further afield . |
| 6 | According to a number of reliable witnesses the assailant was a tall man in a grey coat walking towards Mahoney , a short woman in a green hat hiding in a doorway , a masked figure in the back seat of a car and an unseen person who fired from behind a parking sign . |
| 7 | Similar stories exist , particularly throughout the Americas and Asia , relating to teachers who arrived from across the sea . |
| 8 | The four parties were the National Union for Democracy and Progress ( UNDP ) , led by former President Emile Derlin Zinsou ( who returned from in exile in Paris on Feb. 7 — see also p. 37239 ) , the Dahomean Democratic Rally ( RDD ) , led by former President Hubert Maga , the Dahomean Democratic Union ( UDD subsequently renamed the National Front for Democracy — FND ) , led by former President Justin Tometin Ahomadegbe , and the Democratic Republican Movement ( MDR ) , led until his death in Paris on Dec. 3 , 1989 , by former President Sourou Migan Apithy , and then by Joseph Adjigon Keke . |