Example sentences of "from [pron] [noun] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warnie had retired from me Army at the earliest possible opportunity , in December 1932 , and moved in with Jack and Minto as a permanent fixture . |
| 2 | This meant very little to me apart from a salary increase and a move from my position at the extreme right of the Cabinet table to the extreme left . |
| 3 | Class 1 contributions are paid by workers in employment and are deducted from their pay at the statutory rates . |
| 4 | In the mornings I used to sit out in the warm sun of our terrace and read the travellers ' descriptions of the Delhi they knew from their visits at the very apex of the Mughal Empire . |
| 5 | Then one day another mutual friend from their days at the Royal Victoria breezed into town and ended up on Mick 's floor for a couple of nights . |
| 6 | Leonie von Wilckens has been working in this area for over thirty years from her base at the German National Museum in Nuremberg , home of a major textile collection . |
| 7 | The Springfield Striders veteran , fresh from her success at the previous weekend 's Border Half-Marathon , clocked 2.06.13 . |
| 8 | She rose from her chair at the little antique bureau which stood in the attic window space , bent down and fumbled for the catch of the secret drawer which she had found there . |
| 9 | She walks from her flat at the wrong end of Ladbroke Grove , along the Harrow Road , under various stretches of motorway , past the Metropole Hotel where she calls in to buy herself a drink in the Cosmo-Cocktail Bar ( she is perversely fond of the Metropole Hotel ) , and then through various increasingly handsome although gloomy back streets , until she arrives at the arranged corner . |
| 10 | Then she caught sight of his reflection , and turned to face him , all the colour draining from her face at the harsh expression which sharpened the well-cut bones of his face . |
| 11 | She would elicit from her colleagues at the Versorelli Institute the exact itinerary Kingdom had followed there in November . |
| 12 | From its terminus at the new roundabout on Glasgow Road , the Sighthill Section follows a gently curving alignment in a southerly direction for some 4.7 km ( 3 miles ) until it connects with the northern end of the Colinton Section close to Clovenstone Roundabout on Westerhailes Road . |
| 13 | The silence was broken by the clip-clop of hooves as a horse was led from its stable at the far side of the courtyard by an Indian . |
| 14 | The bird jumps from its nest at the last minute and runs off making a special squeaking call . |
| 15 | Theoretically it costs Christie 's from around £200 to pass a lot through the sale room , from its arrival at the front desk to its departure at the delivery room ( assuming it sold ) . |
| 16 | He still smarted from his treatment at the military prison , but realised that he must try to control his violent nature if he was to amount to anything . |
| 17 | John Piper was , at the time , a constable , but was to be discharged from his duties at the following session . |
| 18 | This personal stamp is partly created by the unique range of Burrows ’ influences — British folk dance from his training at the Royal Ballet School , ballet itself , and at the opposite extreme the minimal , unburnished style of Rosemary Butcher , with whom he has performed several times . |
| 19 | A Hungarian minister , popular with environmentalists , has been sacked from his job at the Environmental Protection Ministry . |
| 20 | Last summer , following on from our display at the Royal Norfolk Show , we participated in a Festival to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Norfolk Federation of Women 's Institutes . |
| 21 | It is , however , something that he will be given by Conservative Members and I am sure that he will want to make the most of it before — sadly — he retires from our midst at the next general election . |