Example sentences of "have [vb pp] [adv prt] from [noun] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MOVIE heart-throb Kevin Costner has taken over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hollywood 's most powerful actor , according to a survey . |
| 2 | Dr Jean Bainbridge has taken over from Coun Heather Scott as president of the Darlington and District Soroptimists . |
| 3 | Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year . |
| 4 | New secretary Paul Birks of Mason 's Ironstone , who has taken over from Peter Masheter , said : ‘ Golf is no longer seen as a rich man 's sport and is accessible to all ages and pockets . |
| 5 | Stanley has taken over from William P. Baker B.Sc(Eng) , ARTCS , CEng , FIEE , MIERE , whose tenure of office expired August last and who was notable for a remarkable upsurge in attendance at Convocation 's social events . |
| 6 | But Souness is backing the player who has taken over from Bruce Grobbelaar , Anfield 's first-choice keeper for the last 11 seasons . |
| 7 | A past secretary of Monmouthshire Show she has taken over from Liz Davies who is now full-time NFU group secretary for Brecon and Radnor North . |
| 8 | Wake , who has taken over from Ron Aitken , said one of BAIE 's strengths was its diversity and it made sound practice , as well as fun , to tap into the network . |
| 9 | Former hooker Steve Jones has taken over from John Perkins as coach , included in their personnel are former Lions Staff Jones and Graham Price , and club captain Chris Huish , who announced his retirement at the end of last season . |
| 10 | He 'd taken over from Hercule Riquard as maître de chai , and he poured his whole life into promoting La Tour Monchauzet wines into a class of their own . |
| 11 | Having taken over from Michael Barton as captain , Surridge led boldly , the sum of his character and his various skills proving formidable even if , paradoxically , he would never have been considered a batsman or bowler of the highest class . |
| 12 | The next morning he reported to Sir Dick White , then head of MI6 ( having taken over from Sir John Sinclair after the Crabb fiasco — see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 13 | The reconstruction retraced the couple 's movements from 7pm when they are thought to have set off from Mrs Arnold 's flat in Shernhall Road , Walthamstow , east London . |
| 14 | Our older son had come over from San Francisco with his wife and the three children , so they were all here . |
| 15 | He too , was proud and as he looked round the crowded pews of St Christopher 's in Englefield , New Jersey , he thought of what a good turn-out it was considering that so many of them had come up from New York . |
| 16 | Fielding Goodney , with all kinds of developments : a " dream script " had come through from Doris Arthur , Caduta Mass and Butch Beausoleil had put their signatures on the line , Spunk wanted in , Lorne wanted out — Lorne Guyland was going crazy , or was staying that way . |
| 17 | The senior man , who had come in from Los Angeles to E.B.I.H.Q. after Erlich had left Washington , he 'd be everybody 's friend , he 'd have them eating out of his hand down at Counter-Terrorism , he 'd probably take out citizenship . |
| 18 | There had been a tricky one in Paris , where an entire detachment of men had arrived back from French Guyana and left the ablutions in an appalling state . |
| 19 | It seemed as if the nurses were already part of the angelic host as they flew along the outdoor corridors with provisions , that the Steward 's staff , under the direction of Mr Charles Read , soon to be a Desert Rat , had brought in from West Kensington , Fulham and Chelsea . |
| 20 | But , at that time , none of us had seen Hell in person We 'd seen a picture of The Heartbreakers that Malcolm had brought back from New York — the one in which it was meant to look like they 'd been shot in the heart but in fact looked like they d all had the same accident with a ketchup bottle . |
| 21 | The ordeal ended when they were picked up from Great Barrier Island , 123 days after they had set out from New Zealand . |
| 22 | In their ‘ kitchen ’ ( a sink , a hot plate and a kettle , with no proper cooking or storage facilities ) , they point proudly to some Tory Party mugs they had biked over from Smith Square after the election . |
| 23 | Miyazawa had taken over from Toshiki Kaifu only on Nov. 5 , 1991 , after the Kaifu administration had been brought down by a string of financial corruption cases [ see pp. 38558-59 ] . |
| 24 | Duncan Wood , who had taken over from Michael Mills as BBC television 's head of comedy , asked Allen to see Crawford on stage in No Sex , Please — We 're British . |
| 25 | Blanche introduced the sergeant to Dave Pushell , who had taken over from Ken O'Mara as the new editor of Inside Out just before the murder . |
| 26 | Eleven bombers had taken off from Fenton Bishop last night , and in the early hours of the morning eleven had come home . |
| 27 | It had taken off from East Anglia and was en route for Liverpool Airport when it crashed on the Derbyshire/ South Yorkshire border shortly after 4pm . |
| 28 | Perhaps the greatest tribute to the system 's aesthetic capabilities was provided by the ex-editor of Classical Music who , some weeks after the changeover from traditional to electronic , asked Tony Gamble why they had changed back from ITC Clearface to the original Times . |
| 29 | Look at all the billions that have come in from North Sea oil and privatization . |
| 30 | He wants me to have some tinned pears which have come in from South Africa . |