Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he [verb] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was ill fact a log hook that he had bought from somebody and changed the name . |
| 2 | He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving . |
| 3 | But there without doubt were the elusive twin spires of Saigon 's cathedral that he 'd seen from far off , stationary now and clearly visible , standing sentinel over the wide , tree-lined avenues . |
| 4 | After almost two hours at the wheel yesterday , Senna limped away from his car , the only obvious sign that he had suffered from brake trouble during the last quarter of the 73-lap race . |
| 5 | Will he confirm that all the professional advice that he has received from the Royal Navy is that only four boats absolutely guarantees an effective nuclear deterrent for this country ? |
| 6 | He had spent three years building on the excellent co-operation between the Bureau and the Yard that he had inherited from Darrell Mills . |
| 7 | At the same time , however , the man appointed as Minister , Gabriel Arias Salgado , was a rigid Catholic and well known for the fanatical campaigns against sin and temptation in literature , cinema and theatre that he had master-minded from the Department of Popular Education in the 1940s . |
| 8 | Lord John did not ride his horse , but rather drove in a gleaming open cabriolet that he had brought from London . |
| 9 | Tim Clayson , prosecuting , said the four had driven to Redcar market where Mr Archer had his stall that he had bought from Miller 's estranged husband . |
| 10 | Five days later Ira Dilworth called me to his office where , in his kindly fashion , he expressed surprise that he had heard from the RCAF of my application before I had discussed it with him . |
| 11 | A man who had made his name by his own imagination and energy , not in just one skill but three : as choreographer , as deviser of revues and other shows , as director of a company that he had brought from obscure provincial competence to world-wide acclaim . |
| 12 | Malekith and his followers already had the Shrine of Asuryan in their possession , and Malekith possessed the crown that he had taken from the dead Phoenix King . |
| 13 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 14 | Despite the fact that he had come from a long line of soldier forebears , even the combination of breeding , upbringing and training no longer made it easy for him to bear the tedium of army life with good grace . |