Example sentences of "that he [verb] [vb pp] from [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for their excellent wickets , he said , was that he 'd changed from Mendip loam to Surrey loam . |
| 2 | Sighvat 's Knútsdrápa indicates that he had sailed from England to deal with the threat posed by Olaf and Anund Jacob , and mentions his visit to Rome . |
| 3 | He had spent three years building on the excellent co-operation between the Bureau and the Yard that he had inherited from Darrell Mills . |
| 4 | It compounds still further those two legacies so actively conjoined since the previous summer of 1837 : the historical , biogeographical ( including ecological ) concerns that he had inherited from Lyell , and the generational concerns deriving from his study with Grant and subsequent reading in Erasmus Darwin . |
| 5 | He felt , with some justification , that he had received from Transvaal a raw deal for his loyalty , and he moved to Bloemfontein . |
| 6 | The youngster told him that he had come from Wales to make his fortune as a pop singer . |
| 7 | Tim Clayson , prosecuting , said the four had driven to Redcar market where Mr Archer had his stall that he had bought from Miller 's estranged husband . |
| 8 | He would use whatever insight into Angy 's true nature that he had gleaned from Rick and Lou to undermine the pure , unsullied image that Barney was dedicated to preserving . |
| 9 | Lord John did not ride his horse , but rather drove in a gleaming open cabriolet that he had brought from London . |
| 10 | Xorandor explains that he lives on radioactivity , that he has come from Mars in search of food , and that he has been stealing the waste to feed himself . |