Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] [adv prt] from [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He will carry on from me , perhaps , as I have carried on from my father . |
| 2 | Yeah , she 's great — she has split up from her husband and works for her and the kids , a really independent woman who 's been messed around by men and is now looking after herself . |
| 3 | ‘ She 'll be here in an hour or so , when she has dried off from her boat trip with Polidori . |
| 4 | She rose early and spent the morning with Aunt Emily or visiting the kitchen and garden and orchard and doing the household accounts and the correspondence she had taken over from her aunt . |
| 5 | When he had finished packing , he had tapped on her door , and she had looked up from her books , grateful for the interruption . |
| 6 | Nick saw a stocky , lively-looking man in a cloth cap and baggy trousers , who had bounced up from his haunches eager as a puppy . |
| 7 | He gasped out his news even as Corbett , who had hurried down from his chamber , helped him out of the saddle . |
| 8 | It was worthy of the great adventurers and explorers who had set out from its quays , and at that magic time of arrival after a long sea voyage , with the mist-filtered rays of the sun touching the cathedral domes and castle towers , the old city of Ulysses fulfilled and exceeded all her expectations . |
| 9 | Writing to the Countess of Rutland in 1670 from his ‘ uncouth cell ’ in the Fleet prison , where he had been committed for debt , Crowe was scathing about the quality of the tapestries produced by William , Earl of Craven [ q.v. ] , and his associates who had taken over from him at Mortlake in 1667 . |
| 10 | You had gone on from me |
| 11 | And erm well she 's gone down from what ? |
| 12 | This is usually because they 've never thought much about Christianity and the only opinions that they have got are ones that they 've picked up from their parent(s) or the TV . |
| 13 | Any white spirit would do for him , he was n't fussy , and he poured himself a stiff vodka , some of that Polish stuff they had brought back from their Black Sea summer holiday . |
| 14 | And then he had watched two men leave the Tower and walk across towards the Stones , towards his Stones , and he had clambered down from his perch and hidden himself where they would not see him but where he could watch them . |
| 15 | Turning down offers of work , Crawford took a rest after six exhausting years , during which he had bounced back from his film disappointments to become one of Britain 's top television and stage stars . |
| 16 | And indeed the frayed scrappy edges he had cut off from his trousers were lying strewn on the floor , in the middle of the room for everyone to see ! |
| 17 | Engaged in rapidly expanding the size of the business , which he had taken over from his father , Ross had had little or no time for his young wife or her problems . |
| 18 | He had come in from his dressing room and Eileen was waiting , dressed and ready for the dinner party . |