Example sentences of "[noun] from [noun] [adv] in the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Bill Mishkin , ’ says Bill Saltman , ‘ is a simple Russian boy from way out in the sticks who went through law school and inherited a couple of million from his uncle in the garment trade and could n't add two and two together and get more than four . ’
2 I 've always made a point of borrowing money from women early in the relationship so as to give them a hold over me .
3 It was reported on March 17 that the Uzbek Supreme Soviet Presidium had decided to recall within a month Uzbek servicemen from republics not in the CIS ( the Baltic states and Georgia ) , from CIS member states establishing their own armed forces ( Ukraine , Moldova and Azerbaijan ) and from the Transcaucasus military district and Caspian flotilla .
4 Then it is torn limb from limb up in the tree .
5 On joining the nearest Brownie Guide Pack , she was delighted to find two other girls from Scotland already in the Pack .
6 I have found a seat on flights from way down in the ‘ relegation zone ’ on standby lists , simply because there was one space left and the couples above my name loyally refused to split up .
7 You probably could n't say the same for Howard Kendall — the Everton manager tried in vain to sign the big fellow from Luton earlier in the season .
8 The Isla , which has drawn power from tributaries high in the Grampian mountains , then adds further strength from the likes of the Ardle and the Ericht before linking up with the Tay .
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