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 | ‘ I have just returned from a holiday in Hungary with my six year old son and I feel I must write to thank you . |
| 10 | I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlord , Mr Heathcliff . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Secretary of State made one of the worst speeches that I have ever heard from a Minister in the House . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Brilliant … best speech I have ever heard from a Scottish leader at conference , ’ enthused one MP . |
| 18 | ‘ My wife and I have recently returned from a ten day holiday in Gdynia , Poland . |
| 19 | I HAVE recently returned from a trip to Italy where I visited the grave of my uncle , Harry Simms , at Bari War Cemetery . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Walker , who has just returned from a two-week fact finding mission , is now preparing a detailed report for the Latvian authorities . |
| 22 | Eleanor Driscoll , a working-class housewife who has recently moved from a two-room slum into a local authority house , puts it like this : |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | And the best advice she has ever had from a conductor ? |
| 25 | ‘ Not at all as if you 'd just dismounted from a horse . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | How d " you always manage to look like you 've just escaped from a hair-pulling battle ? |
| 28 | ‘ You 've obviously come from a happy , loving family , ’ said Wendy . |
| 29 | She had previously benefitted from a credit and loan scheme , but had been unable to continue due to lack of funds . |
| 30 | Even when she had just fallen from a catwalk , Dana had a vivacity Claudia could n't match . |