Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] he [verb] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ill fact a log hook that he had bought from somebody and changed the name . |
| 2 | He had walked , dishevelled and mud-plastered , out into the square from the coffee shop and thrown at the feet of the Captain those trophies that he had lifted from three different observation posts along the way . |
| 3 | It was , therefore , with exaggerated haste that he undid his black tie , pulled the white shirt over his head , substituted a red T-shirt and a pair of old Norfolk drab cords that he 'd salvaged from his father 's wardrobe . |
| 4 | He took out the keys that he 'd brought from the office back home , and opened the door . |
| 5 | This year Bradl has a new two-year contract with HB and he has switched from Michelin to Dunlop tyres . |
| 6 | Almost twenty years alter the incident Coleridge was persuaded by Byron to publish the poem , and he then made the sensational claim that he had been able to remember 200 to 300 lines of perfect poetry when he had awoken from a drug-induced sleep , and was busy writing them down when he was interrupted by someone from Porlock demanding to see him on business . |
| 7 | Given this , Whitelocke was lucky to escape prosecution at the Restoration ; to the credit of both , he and Charles II made their peace when Whitelocke returned some royal manuscripts that he had saved from plunder and lectured the king about Welsh , which he said was ‘ his Majesty 's more ancient native language than English ’ . |
| 8 | He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving . |
| 9 | The evening before he had procured from the local library a copy of Gerald Seymour-Strachey 's essay in autobiography , but a quick flick through the index had assured him there was no mention of Walter Machin , and he had n't had time to bone up on the details of the man himself 's career . |
| 10 | he 's not , he 's not , he 's not a , he 's not stupid , Christopher , he , he 's certainly not stupid , and er he must have seen , I mean I assume he keeps his bank statements , I mean I 'm afraid we have one or two bank statements which show thousands of pounds that he 's received from us over the last year erm and , you know , he ca n't blind because they 've all gone through his bank account , you know , he must |
| 11 | But there without doubt were the elusive twin spires of Saigon 's cathedral that he 'd seen from far off , stationary now and clearly visible , standing sentinel over the wide , tree-lined avenues . |
| 12 | After almost two hours at the wheel yesterday , Senna limped away from his car , the only obvious sign that he had suffered from brake trouble during the last quarter of the 73-lap race . |
| 13 | It was patently clear to all that Samuel Pipkin could have poisoned the water after he had drunk from it , if indeed he had drunk from it at all . |
| 14 | Will he confirm that all the professional advice that he has received from the Royal Navy is that only four boats absolutely guarantees an effective nuclear deterrent for this country ? |
| 15 | Craig stared into the fire , it had been over a week since he had escaped from the prison , lying in the back of the van , smelling the fresh mouthwatering tang of bread and listening to the clip clop of the horses ’ hooves . |
| 16 | Is he the sort that he actually wants one , or has he bowed to the advisers that he 's got from the War Office and so on who say the soldiers need it ? |
| 17 | He had spent three years building on the excellent co-operation between the Bureau and the Yard that he had inherited from Darrell Mills . |
| 18 | At the same time , however , the man appointed as Minister , Gabriel Arias Salgado , was a rigid Catholic and well known for the fanatical campaigns against sin and temptation in literature , cinema and theatre that he had master-minded from the Department of Popular Education in the 1940s . |
| 19 | The Tretyakov Gallery would release hundreds of the works that he had given from its stores , and then the museum of the Russian Avant-garde would open . |
| 20 | Lord John did not ride his horse , but rather drove in a gleaming open cabriolet that he had brought from London . |
| 21 | Tim Clayson , prosecuting , said the four had driven to Redcar market where Mr Archer had his stall that he had bought from Miller 's estranged husband . |
| 22 | Asked by his doctor if he had recovered from flu , he said that he was fine but one of the clocks was going badly , and would the doctor come and have a look at it as soon as it was possible . |
| 23 | He was an evacuee , said some ; others that he had absconded from a Borstal . |
| 24 | Five days later Ira Dilworth called me to his office where , in his kindly fashion , he expressed surprise that he had heard from the RCAF of my application before I had discussed it with him . |
| 25 | Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's . |
| 26 | She usually found those , though , just as she usually found any cash or letters that he 'd hidden from her . |
| 27 | A man who had made his name by his own imagination and energy , not in just one skill but three : as choreographer , as deviser of revues and other shows , as director of a company that he had brought from obscure provincial competence to world-wide acclaim . |
| 28 | Malekith and his followers already had the Shrine of Asuryan in their possession , and Malekith possessed the crown that he had taken from the dead Phoenix King . |
| 29 | His real mother complained to social services that he had disappeared from home and might have been glue sniffing or taking drugs , it was alleged at Mold Crown Court . |
| 30 | The warmth from the hot pipe that skirted a side wall billowed across Holly 's face , rubbed at the cold that had settled under his tunic and shirt as he had walked from the compound with the trustie from Internal Order . |