Example sentences of "from [pos pn] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | So the flooding had not been from the lake — which hitherto I had assumed to be the case ; maybe it had come from the river whose bed , now dried , I had seen from my eminence on the hillside . |
| 32 | I had already made an extensive study of the various methods of language teaching , purely as a hobby , and run a few short courses from my home during the holiday season . |
| 33 | From my crevice between the two machines I can just see Pa 's face . |
| 34 | When my parents did eventually reply , their letter was full of the most ordinary details of life in England and seemed far removed from my experiences in the Legion . |
| 35 | From my experiences in the Occupied Countries I could tell she was starved . |
| 36 | ‘ I told you , Harvey , the package of eggs was stolen from my baggage on the way to London Airport . ’ |
| 37 | I remind the Minister that we also have some excellent Welsh lamb , much of which comes from my constituency in the Vale of Glamorgan . |
| 38 | From my reading of the evidence , it appears that there is a certain amount of buck-passing between the Ministers in the two Departments about who will identify the gap , where the resources will come from and who will come clean about the budget that will be set for community care provision . |
| 39 | " These are from my share of the fruit , " he said , " for I ca n't give you the pears that belong to my brothers . " |
| 40 | Dear Charles , I have decided to resign from my post at the School for Italian Studies . |
| 41 | I was hanging from my wing down the length of the pole , the wind strong enough to pull and toss my body against it , and each time it did the pain at my wing was so terrible that I cried out . |
| 42 | This was of a different order from my imaginings about the Chinese communists , arch villains whose evil doings were retailed to us in the classroom with the same ferocious didacticism that accompanies the telling of a lurid fairy tale and enhances its horrifying fascination . |
| 43 | ‘ The course was in Bristol and I went there straight from my office during the afternoon , ’ said Eddie and there was a kind of hasty defiance in her tone . |
| 44 | The matter has been under negotiation , off and on , for several years now , as I remember from my time at the Home Office . |
| 45 | From my interviews with the arts teachers during the survey it was apparent that , even though there were criticisms of certain aspects of the philosophy underlying the issue of examinations in particular , there was clearly a widespread belief that children 's work in the arts could and should be assessed and examined . |
| 46 | I developed cramp from my neck to the tip of my toes . |
| 47 | ‘ My dear , Hari , do n't you think I 've learned anything about human nature from my stay at the prison ? ’ he said softly . |
| 48 | I have spent quite some time considering the best format for the book and , after much deliberation , have decided to set out in bold type the precedents clause by clause interspersed with my own comments , followed , once again in bold type , by my suggested amendments to the particular parts of the precedents , where those amendments are not readily identifiable from my comments in the text . |
| 49 | From my place on the gallery I could keep a watch on Claire 's door and on what was happening in the hall below . |
| 50 | From my place in the queue I watched through a chink between two lockers the ladder party assembling by the window . |
| 51 | When Caroline was home on holiday from her boarding school , my eyes used to light up when from my place in the choirstalls I saw her arrive at church . |
| 52 | Last year my mum took the Sixers and Seconders from my Pack to the opening of Pax Lodge , the new World Centre . |
| 53 | ‘ I learned a great deal from my visit to the museum this morning , ’ commented Melissa , glancing at the booklet as she spoke . |
| 54 | I instruct you to pay direct debits from my account at the request of Campaign for Real Ale Limited . |
| 55 | To my bank manager — Direct Debiting Instruction I instruct you to pay direct debits from my account at the request of New International Publications Ltd ( NIP Ltd ) . |
| 56 | Of his picture of refuse — at once alluring and repellant — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 57 | Of his pictures of refuse — at once alluring and repellent — Penn writes : ‘ Evening as I walked from my studio to the train station I saw at my feet a treasure of the city 's refuse , intriguing distorted forms of colour , stains and typography . |
| 58 | I watch it from my seat in the New York as well , which is down below to the right ; I can see the top of its maroon awning . |
| 59 | Unfortunately , leaping from my seat in the dugout , I cracked my skull on its roof and the world turned black . |
| 60 | He had slipped from my mind during the preoccupations of the intervening weeks . |