Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] from [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | We 'd all kept away from it ever since the priest had had it pulled down the month before . |
2 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
3 | The laughter had been absent for a while , but it had not withdrawn far from him , the marks of its permanent habitation were still there . |
4 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
5 | He was wearing a navy sweater and a light-coloured shirt and blue jeans , and her heart lurched because time shrank to the moment when she had finally walked away from him , one autumn morning , early , with their love already an awful deadweight in her memory . |
6 | He had just turned away from us and read a book . |
7 | When , as a child , he had been desperate for her love , and had offered his own , she had always turned away from him . |
8 | I have not heard back from you since then , and I wondered if you could please confirm that you are still interested in receiving a copy of the tape ? |