Example sentences of "i have [adv] [vb pp] from a " in BNC.

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1 I was feel very proud of myself because I had just progressed from a tiny red tricycle to riding a huge yellow proper bicycle , with stabilizers .
2 I had just returned from a training stint in Lanzarote .
3 Mowbray said : ‘ I had just recovered from an Achilles injury on my right leg when I hurt my left ankle .
4 I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma .
5 I 've just come from a session with Gladys Brown , a strange woman who has the room next to Meryl Armitage 's .
6 I 've just come from a crossroads called Quatre Bras , sir .
7 I 've just come from a meeting with Bobby Anscombe .
8 After 30 seconds or so , he stops and rubs his left hand across his face in the way I do when I 've just woken from a night 's sleep .
9 Honestly the only bad thing that I 've ever got from a shop is a porno video .
10 I have just returned from a holiday in Hungary with my six year old son and I feel I must write to thank you .
11 I have just returned from a visit to Bulgaria , and I thought your readers might like to see their spraying equipment .
12 I HAVE JUST RETURNED from a trip to Norway , a country I find like an exaggerated version of Scotland — bigger mountains , wider moorland , wilder scenery and more extreme temperatures .
13 Sir , I have just returned from a full week in Belgrade and would like to seek comment and clarification on the information and knowledge sanctions which are now being imposed on Serbia .
14 I HAVE JUST returned from a visit to my landlord , Mr Heathcliff .
15 I have just returned from a NATO meeting last week at which we agreed the military strategy that will accompany the strategic concept now agreed , of which Germany is a prominent supporter .
16 I have just returned from an interesting and enjoyable conference on Coastal Zone Management held during a beautiful weekend in Copenhagen .
17 The Secretary of State made one of the worst speeches that I have ever heard from a Minister in the House .
18 The right hon. Gentleman made the weakest speech in favour of a guillotine motion that I have ever heard from a Leader of the House and that is saying something .
19 ‘ Brilliant … best speech I have ever heard from a Scottish leader at conference , ’ enthused one MP .
20 ‘ My wife and I have recently returned from a ten day holiday in Gdynia , Poland .
21 I HAVE recently returned from a trip to Italy where I visited the grave of my uncle , Harry Simms , at Bari War Cemetery .
22 I HAVE always suffered from an easily bruised ego ( the result of either too early , too late , or perhaps no toilet training ) .
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