Example sentences of "i have [verb] [adv prt] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd walked up from the village under a brilliantly starry sky , breathing cold shafts of early-morning air , thinking of murder . |
| 2 | It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence . |
| 3 | The parade I had to lead down from the station to the beat was much longer on nights . |
| 4 | I tried to free it , using the cloth I had brought up from the hall to gain a better purchase . |
| 5 | Only now , in my old age , I wish I had got down from the table and put my arms round his neck and kissed him . |
| 6 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 7 | Well the thing is you see I think wha from what I 've gathered on from the radio programme is that the actual erm the attitude of the kids to the metro had got so much worse that they 're having to do something about it |
| 8 | That 's why I 've come over from the States , ’ Howard said . |
| 9 | Yes , I mean several points that you 've raised , and these are things that I 've picked up from the newspapers and I 'll make the point , I 'm no expert but I as I understand it , the allied erm forces have erm substantially greater number of aircraft in the area than the Iraqi airforce had , so that 's one point . |
| 10 | I have what I believe to be a very important piece of information for marine fish keepers which I have picked up from the marine scene in the USA . |