Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] from [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size .
2 When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’
3 Gavin Scott has now moved on from science to other things ( he is reading the news on TV-am 's Good Morning Britain ) , so we shall not , presumably , see the further development of his short career in science .
4 That was er I 'd just got back from work .
5 The commodore , having just tacked in from Pin Mill , says that while he recognises the accomplishment of an ancient mariner there in teaching a grey parrot to recite the complete works of Shakespeare in Urdu , and could see that this might help international relations in some way , he is far from certain this was the sort of thing Mr Major had in mind .
6 And so it was that on the first Monday after New Year , about midnight , we found ourselves on an icy road in County Cavan heading for the checkpoint , having just driven up from Dun Laoghaire , where we had disembarked from the Holyhead ferry .
7 Having recently came back from canoeing in Austria where canoeists , fishermen and landowners all enjoy what nature has provided , it certainly dates what canoeists have to put up with in parts of this country .
8 Well it , it 's been stupid this laid on this settee falling down back , it 's blinking ridiculous , yeah , we 've just got back from hospital and they 'll send her a letter for er , to make an appointment for her to go back , to see what the treatment they 're gon na give her , so , will it go in Pete 's car ?
9 Lee had just come back from shopping .
10 Eddie had just got back from work when they had a row in the kitchen .
11 With no casualties to deal with , but with new staff and better equipment our doctors settled down to work with a will for the children from ‘ Peabody buildings ’ at the back of the hospital who had either come back from evacuation , or who would not go anyway .
12 John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work .
13 He 's just come back from holiday , and starts school today . ’
14 The takeover of Trebor Bassett was well-handled , resulting in a handsome and almost immediate lift in trading margins , and a sharpening of brand image ( Extra Strong Mints , for example , have now taken over from Polo as the UK 's top selling mint ) .
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