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 . |