Example sentences of "[Wh pn] have [vb pp] [adv prt] from " in BNC.
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| 31 | The volatility of the Cusqueños coupled with the increasing pressure among them of poor campesinos who had come down from the Andes to seek a better life stood in ironic contrast to the rigid panoply of the state ; a situation brought home to me on Easter Sunday . |
| 32 | Meantime , back at the Bourne , the crowd were treated to a display of power tennis from Duncan Knight who had come down from the David Lloyd Centre with Onny Parun . |
| 33 | Bernard Mullan , one of the Fascists who had come down from the Chelsea headquarters , was under arrest . |
| 34 | Apart from her father and her brother Niall who had come down from the watchtower , she was the tallest person present , and her fine clothes lent her a new self-confidence . |
| 35 | Not surprisingly , the stars of the night series final were the player who had come back from the World Cup . |
| 36 | Having a parasite is a very special , very intimate experience , as Bill Cater learned when he interviewed scientists and wildlife cameramen who had come back from exotic parts to discover that they 'd acquired various new things to share their lives with . |
| 37 | Of the new ‘ Nepmen ’ , two were Jews who had come in from some other guberniia , and the other three all had military experience but little capital in goods or cash . |
| 38 | The senior man , who had come in from Los Angeles to E.B.I.H.Q. after Erlich had left Washington , he 'd be everybody 's friend , he 'd have them eating out of his hand down at Counter-Terrorism , he 'd probably take out citizenship . |
| 39 | Recalled the team of copy humans who had come in from Mars to kill him . |
| 40 | The waiting-room was moderately full and there were several clients who had come in from neighbouring villages . |
| 41 | It was worthy of the great adventurers and explorers who had set out from its quays , and at that magic time of arrival after a long sea voyage , with the mist-filtered rays of the sun touching the cathedral domes and castle towers , the old city of Ulysses fulfilled and exceeded all her expectations . |
| 42 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 43 | Blanche introduced the sergeant to Dave Pushell , who had taken over from Ken O'Mara as the new editor of Inside Out just before the murder . |
| 44 | Writing to the Countess of Rutland in 1670 from his ‘ uncouth cell ’ in the Fleet prison , where he had been committed for debt , Crowe was scathing about the quality of the tapestries produced by William , Earl of Craven [ q.v. ] , and his associates who had taken over from him at Mortlake in 1667 . |
| 45 | It was perhaps partly for this reason that on 21 September he ordered General Enrique Varela ( who had taken over from Yagüe when the latter became ill ) to make a detour to Toledo , to relieve what remained of nearly 2,000 Nationalists who had been besieged in the giant fortress — the alcazar — since the end of July . |
| 46 | Duncan Wood , who had taken over from Michael Mills as BBC television 's head of comedy , asked Allen to see Crawford on stage in No Sex , Please — We 're British . |
| 47 | He was being heckled , jeered and booed by the vast majority , which included several hundred workers who had driven up from the Midlands ' plants to influence the vote . |
| 48 | As many as 300,000 people , many of them farming families who have flooded in from the villages , are clamouring for survival . |
| 49 | However , for the nine students who have progressed through from the college 's National Certificate programme into the HNC course , it is all a very serious business . |
| 50 | The fact is that the people who have lost out from the erosion of children 's allowances have also lost in other ways . |
| 51 | They should also be in frequent contact with all of the somewhat numerous organisations involved in the rural development of the Western Isles , and with the admirable young people who have come back from the mainland to work at the grass-roots level . |
| 52 | Yes , this has always been a problem , but it has become worse recently , I am afraid , because of the people who have been made redundant and who have come back from Germany . |
| 53 | The majority of domestic workers are young women without any formal education who have come in from the countryside . |
| 54 | Now as part of all this , the Centre is responsible for almost all the public lectures in the university , and we have been glad to make the open to the public at large , and therefore a very special welcome to those of you who have come in from outside . |
| 55 | How has he shown that this man , who 's come up from poverty , understands poverty and is prepared to do something about it . |
| 56 | Who , who 's come back from Malta . |
| 57 | I do n't know who 's got through from the other games , but we 'll take anyone on really I think . |
| 58 | The train was hauled by BR Standard 75069 , and was formed of five goods brakevans comprising one LMS , one SR , one GWR ‘ Toad ’ and two BR Types of van which give ample space for the party of 43 that were carried , the majority of whom had travelled up from the Bath-Bristol area by coach . |
| 59 | The task of of carving through the English countryside was carried out by unskilled navvies , many of whom had come over from Ireland to earn a living . |