Example sentences of "she [verb] from " in BNC.

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1 Sheila E , Prince 's drummer , had already established her musician 's credentials before she joined him , though it remains to be seen where she goes from here .
2 She goes from one extreme to the other .
3 Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child .
4 Having no book or magazine with her , she read from the opposite wall an advertisement for duty-free goods obtainable at Heathrow , one for travelling very cheaply by boat to Holland , another was deciphering an invitation to office temps couched in a kind of code , when the train drew into Finchley Road .
5 Cow-Keeping in India , " she read from the spine of a volume that had suffered from damp .
6 " Practical Taxidermy , " she read from the spine of another .
7 She differs from Proust , however , in dwelling on the reality and hence irredeemable transience of the past .
8 But where she differs from Miss Finlay Johnson is that she looks beyond the facts to more universal implications of any particular topic .
9 A believer in market forces , she differs from Thatcher in her interventionism , and it is a safe bet that what the French euphemistically call ‘ positive actions ’ will be brought to bear to shake the best out of the likes of Thomson .
10 In the third and highest phase of development the child understands the way in which she differs from and is interdependent with the outside world , and once again feels ‘ at home ’ in the world .
11 She differs from most of her male colleagues who want to raise the cultural profile of their city by grandiose schemes , festivals and new building projects .
12 She slouched from parent to parent , latching on to those who looked as if they would listen to her woes — not realizing , perhaps , that this was hardly the purpose of Parents ' Evening .
13 As soon as she recovered from her surprise , she moved away so that he would not notice her .
14 Her action against the school ( the first defendants ) failed but she recovered from the second defendants .
15 Christine obviously thought she was going to get much less than she expected from Graham Mills ' will .
16 Whatever it was , it was n't what she expected from a man .
17 His lovemaking was the best , the perfection she expected from such a gentle and caring man .
18 Vincent 's sister ship Valiant was identical in most respects , manned in the same way , but she operated from Southampton to cover the Solent and adjacent waters .
19 She realised from the quizzical looks that met this further information that she had made matters worse rather than better .
20 She grasped the light covering and was about to throw it off when she realised from the fabric 's texture that her own cotton skirt had been laid over her .
21 As it was , she steamed from Liverpool that night and was with John the following evening .
22 But there was no point in talking to Victoria , who had forgotten anywhere else because she lived from day to day .
23 But as she gazed from the French windows on the tangle of weeds outside , and the now dense greenery of Switham Thicket , a plea formed in her mind as she thought of Lady Merchiston upstairs , in conference with her man of business .
24 What would she want from me ?
25 As she crept from her room and edged slowly down the stairs — avoiding the most creaky — she put from her mind any thought that Wakelate might follow her .
26 His presence gives Joan some respite and complements the assistance she receives from the doctor who visits once a week and a nurse who comes in the morning and at night to put James to bed .
27 When five o'clock came , however , and not one word had she heard from Naylor , Leith , with something akin to relief , realised that she had been mistaken .
28 Have you heard , has she heard from Ben , have they heard from Ben ?
29 Daniel was saying has n't she heard from any of her
30 Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table .
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