Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [adv prt] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before I had turned back from Bilen I had watched the Awash flowing towards its unknown destination . |
| 2 | I WROTE to the Prime Minister about short-wave radio broadcasts I had picked up from Yugoslavia , giving eyewitness accounts of atrocities by Serbians . |
| 3 | I had come down from London looking for a job . |
| 4 | I have n't been in here since I 've come back from Devon |
| 5 | No , it 's alright cos someone 's rung up from home , say be in eight o'clock , so she wants to do something . |
| 6 | Williams could also be on the mark with Capricorn Note in the other 450 metres open , though Dawn Milligan 's latest acquisition , Valentinos Joy , which has moved down from Scotland , trialled in 26.60 secs ( going 30 fast ) . |
| 7 | That added to the bitterness which has lived on from generation to generation . |
| 8 | One day Jesus said to his friends : I am the Bread of Life I am the living Bread which has come down from heaven Anyone who eats this bread Shall live for . |
| 9 | He wants me to have some tinned pears which have come in from South Africa . |
| 10 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 11 | New secretary Paul Birks of Mason 's Ironstone , who has taken over from Peter Masheter , said : ‘ Golf is no longer seen as a rich man 's sport and is accessible to all ages and pockets . |
| 12 | But Souness is backing the player who has taken over from Bruce Grobbelaar , Anfield 's first-choice keeper for the last 11 seasons . |
| 13 | Wake , who has taken over from Ron Aitken , said one of BAIE 's strengths was its diversity and it made sound practice , as well as fun , to tap into the network . |
| 14 | A past secretary of Monmouthshire Show she has taken over from Liz Davies who is now full-time NFU group secretary for Brecon and Radnor North . |
| 15 | long , very nice , very posh , erm I do n't know what me dad 's is like , er me mum was laughing er yesterday erm with er doing all this work she 'd done a load of washing and pegged it all out and when she 'd got in from work dad had ironed it all |
| 16 | She might be willing to give me , as the tenant of the former Mackay home , the details she had kept back from Ann and Megan . |
| 17 | Beador 's own response was reassuring — he thought it a ‘ ripping good idea ’ and gladly added Fontana to the travelling stable of two hunters she had brought down from Yorkshire . |
| 18 | She had found out from Angy 's relatives that she was living in the area and had secretly taken the opportunity of getting in touch with her . |
| 19 | She had set off from Margate before eight o'clock and for a short time she fell asleep in his arms . |
| 20 | She had come in from work one evening to find her mother and father dead in each other 's arms . |
| 21 | She remembered that fated evening when she had come back from Wimbledon after seeing Hindley Foster . |
| 22 | Ever since that ghastly winter 's night when she had come back from Wimbledon and said she was pregnant . |
| 23 | He eyed Fenella uncertainly and Fenella , who was becoming impatient , said , ‘ Well , for heaven 's sake — ’ which was an expression she had picked up from Snizort and Snodgrass and which was as meaningless as most of their expressions , but descriptive of strong emotion . |
| 24 | She began to ask questions , about the other two women , the Refuge , even some of the mysterious topics she had picked up from meal times . |
| 25 | She herself had never aspired to a career , finding complete satisfaction in acting as her husband 's typist and research assistant in the time she had left over from gardening and housekeeping . |
| 26 | They were soon joined by Duncan Curr , member of Dublin Street Baptist Church and Chairman of Christian Aid/CEEC , who had bicycled in from Juniper Green – and eventually , ny me . |
| 27 | On the opposite side were the men who had marched up from Levenmouth . |
| 28 | Bernadette 's tearful sister Rosie , who had flown in from Germany , said : ‘ All the relatives are giving Farrah lots of hugs and kisses . |
| 29 | He had sent for Philip who had raced up from Wales to coach and instruct this miraculous son in a great Shakespearian role to be performed in an Oxford college before an audience of West End luminaries ( Gielgud , Terence Rattigan ) : ‘ We worked on it line by line , hour after hour , into the early morning … |
| 30 | It was a cruel blow for Blackburn , who had bounced back from Sunday 's Coca-Cola Cup semi-final defeat at Hillsborough to twice lead through Steve Livingstone and Mike Newell . |