Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [vb pp] from a " in BNC.
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1 | I was feel very proud of myself because I had just progressed from a tiny red tricycle to riding a huge yellow proper bicycle , with stabilizers . |
2 | I had just returned from a training stint in Lanzarote . |
3 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
4 | ‘ I 've just come from a session with Gladys Brown , a strange woman who has the room next to Meryl Armitage 's . |
5 | ‘ I 've just come from a crossroads called Quatre Bras , sir . |
6 | ‘ I 've just come from a meeting with Bobby Anscombe . |
7 | After 30 seconds or so , he stops and rubs his left hand across his face in the way I do when I 've just woken from a night 's sleep . |
8 | Honestly the only bad thing that I 've ever got from a shop is a porno video . |
9 | ‘ For instance , if someone had n't heard from a man friend for — oh , for a couple of weeks or so-when he 'd said vaguely he 'd ring — I mean , she might wonder if there was something wrong , if he was ill , or if she 'd offended in some way . |
10 | ‘ I have just returned from a holiday in Hungary with my six year old son and I feel I must write to thank you . |
11 | I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment . |
12 | I HAVE JUST RETURNED from a trip to Norway , a country I find like an exaggerated version of Scotland — bigger mountains , wider moorland , wilder scenery and more extreme temperatures . |
13 | Sir , I have just returned from a full week in Belgrade and would like to seek comment and clarification on the information and knowledge sanctions which are now being imposed on Serbia . |
14 | I HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlord , Mr Heathcliff . |
15 | I have just returned from a NATO meeting last week at which we agreed the military strategy that will accompany the strategic concept now agreed , of which Germany is a prominent supporter . |
16 | The Secretary of State made one of the worst speeches that I have ever heard from a Minister in the House . |
17 | The right hon. Gentleman made the weakest speech in favour of a guillotine motion that I have ever heard from a Leader of the House and that is saying something . |
18 | ‘ Brilliant … best speech I have ever heard from a Scottish leader at conference , ’ enthused one MP . |
19 | ‘ My wife and I have recently returned from a ten day holiday in Gdynia , Poland . |
20 | I HAVE recently returned from a trip to Italy where I visited the grave of my uncle , Harry Simms , at Bari War Cemetery . |
21 | That should guarantee Annadale maximum points in the 1,500 metres , as Lough , who has just returned from a training stint with the GB squad in New Mexico , clocked 3.40.2 … a personal best … at Loughborough on Wednesday night . |
22 | Walker , who has just returned from a two-week fact finding mission , is now preparing a detailed report for the Latvian authorities . |
23 | Eleanor Driscoll , a working-class housewife who has recently moved from a two-room slum into a local authority house , puts it like this : |
24 | She has recently returned from a journey in Romania to see the conditions of at least 1,000 children under the age of one , who had contracted AIDS through injections with dirty needles or contaminated blood . |
25 | And the best advice she has ever had from a conductor ? |
26 | ‘ Not at all as if you 'd just dismounted from a horse . |
27 | It lasted only a year ( although there was no divorce until 1957 ) and some time after that Peter Lawford made the mistake of meeting Ava , who 'd just returned from a trip overseas , for a drink in a Hollywood restaurant . |
28 | How d " you always manage to look like you 've just escaped from a hair-pulling battle ? |
29 | ‘ You 've obviously come from a happy , loving family , ’ said Wendy . |
30 | She had previously benefitted from a credit and loan scheme , but had been unable to continue due to lack of funds . |