Example sentences of "the [noun sg] have [adv] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the undecorated vessels were given a variety of titles , despite the majority having also come from cemeteries ; biconical and globular vessels were labelled ‘ urns ’ , squat vessels as ‘ plain bowls ’ , and a variety of shapes that could not be fitted easily into the typological scheme were labelled domestic wares , ‘ crude accessories ’ , ‘ wide-mouthed cook-pots ’ and ‘ cook-pots with lugs ’ ( ibid. , pp. 26–9 , pp. 148–70 ) . |
| 2 | He wondered , morbidly introspective in the cold light of dawn , whether his decision to see the next murder case through from the call to the scene of crime to the trial had really arisen from a desire to learn or merely from a craven wish to impress or , worse , to propitiate , his staff , to show them that he valued their skills , that he wanted to be one of the team . |
| 3 | While some of the fight had clearly faded from his team-mates by the time they reached the Oval , battling Smith was more single-minded than ever . |
| 4 | The noise had definitely come from outside . |
| 5 | She would come back to camp after a day off , call in at the office to see what was going on , and if we were all running around like headless chickens , snowed under with miles of paper from the teleprinter , and an irate Wing CO was tearing his hair out because the visibility had suddenly slumped from three miles to fifty yards and all his boys were up there somewhere running out of fuel , Rosemary would calmly take over the plotting while one of us rushed out to the screen to read the instruments , or go into the screaming teleprinter to shut off the insistent ear-piercing bell which was reminding everybody within hearing that we were late in sending in the hourly observation . |
| 6 | The light had almost gone from the day now and the forest was becoming bathed in soft , subtle hues of the Purple Hour , Dark blue and turquoise light slanted in through the trees , turning the Wolfwood to a place of dark secret shadows and heavy ancient magic . |
| 7 | By the time it published the first issue of its bulletin , STOP , in February 1980 the DUC had effectively changed from being an information and research group into an opposition group , as the bulletin made clear : ‘ After investigation into the hazards related to uranium and its by-products , the DUC feels that since uranium can not be mined safely , exploration should cease . ’ |
| 8 | The North-East has traditionally suffered from a stereotype image depicting the region as backward in its approach to equal opportunities . |
| 9 | These low rates of economic activity reflect the requirement to have formally retired from paid work in order to receive the state retirement pension in Britain . |
| 10 | This is so whether or not the business has actually received from its customers the money on which the VAT is due . |
| 11 | Her case had been that the husband had deliberately refrained from discussing the matter of the charge with her during the whole weekend . |
| 12 | The number of local Green parties had risen to nearly 270 by the end of the year and the membership had almost doubled from 9000 at the beginning of the year to 17,000 by the end . |
| 13 | The Policyholder 's Doctor is also asked if the claimant has previously suffered from this complaint . |
| 14 | But one thing I can tell you about Port Vale , the ground has vastly changed from last season , the terracing 's been improved , their seating , it 's pure luxury apart from the press box , because I still have to climb that suspect wooden ladder , and perched on top of the main stand is a shed where I 'm speaking to you from Jane . |
| 15 | Robbie and the dog had just returned from their stroll and she was about to lock up and go below for the night when a sound from the towpath caught her attention . |
| 16 | Reference to the tribunal has usually come from the unions , rather than from BR management . |
| 17 | Later generations were frequently reminded that they were once members of a slave community whom the Lord had mercifully redeemed from bondage . |
| 18 | When he reached the place where the road forked the sky had already changed from palest blue to light emerald . |
| 19 | A number of people associated with the excesses of the past have already fallen from grace . |
| 20 | For their Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 the Government has fastidiously chosen from the menu of options offered by Philips only those dishes that it thought the most palatable . |
| 21 | It would be no good stroking their Adult , say , if the transaction had largely come from their Child . |
| 22 | However , in legitimating these tasks , the legal framework established by the state has inevitably suffered from some confusion over whether it is primarily directed at helping families to achieve social control of their children or at ratifying state intervention . |
| 23 | The style has virtually disappeared from the south-east of England but there is still considerable demand for it in the West Midlands , Wales and the North-west . |
| 24 | In El Salvador , the church has increasingly suffered from internal divisions between the Orthodox Church and the majority who have opted for the theology of liberation to form the " Popular Church " , whose most important exponent , until his murder , was Archbishop Romero . |
| 25 | The speaker had just returned from a ‘ little-known place , in Southern Africa — Lesotho , or ‘ Basutoland , as it used to be called ’ . |
| 26 | The union had already moved from its fine premises in Buckingham Street , Strandon 22 September 1894 as an economy measure and eventually found a more permanent home , along with the Green 's Home branch , at the Maritime Hall , West India Dock Road , London E. where it remained until Head Office was moved to St.George 's Hall , Westminster Bridge Road , London S.E. in May 1921 . |
| 27 | The situation has greatly improved from 1989 when affordability in the province was at its worst , with mortgage repayments eating up an average of 14.3pc of income . |
| 28 | The dominant factor , in relation to poor housing conditions , lack of proper sanitation , food shortages and growing unemployment , was the fact that the country had just emerged from the horrors of the First Great War . |
| 29 | The conversation had seldom strayed from the case and Wickham 's bouncy arrival at the flat and invitation to supper had encouraged her to expect something more . |
| 30 | In Stockport , the School had already benefited from the generosity of many individual local donors . |