Example sentences of "from [pron] [verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't quite understand how you leapt from my knowing your parents to my being in cahoots with Ryan . |
| 2 | Johnson had steered himself into a position of strength from which to conduct his campaign in the election of 1964 . |
| 3 | Russia was vehemently opposed to cession of the Liaodong Peninsula which seemed to offer Japan a valuable foothold from which to extend her influence in Manchuria and northern China . |
| 4 | The extent to which it would be mistaken to take our own rituals literally provides a standard from which to assess our understanding of the rituals and statements of other cultures . |
| 5 | A settled domestic life with two year-old Daniel and the lovely former actress Suzanne Danielle provided the supremely talented Scot with a secure and solid base from which to plan his survival from decline which saw him slump to 51st in the 1988 Order of Merit . |
| 6 | The then Interior Minister , Badr , on Dec. 21 accused religious extremists of having committed over 100 crimes of arson against shops and property , and attacks on mosques and churches , adding that they had turned some 25 mosques " into dens from which to launch their attacks against national security " . |
| 7 | He had left Najaf in 1977 , finding asylum in France and a new operational base from which to beam his messages to the populace , such as calls for the creation of the revolutionary ‘ komitehs ’ that sprang up ‘ in many parts of the capital ’ and appeals to the army to desert . |
| 8 | ‘ I shall of course require a full statement from you concerning your contact with the kidnappers . ’ |
| 9 | I look forward to hearing from you following your meeting on 26 November 1992 . |
| 10 | He 'd sought her out in her sanctuary , confirmed her belief with the tender , arousing touch of the perfect lover , and she 'd learned enough from him to return his caresses with a woman 's intimate knowledge of how to pleasure the body of the man she loved . |
| 11 | It is worth looking at , for from it sprang his fund of knowledge along with the all-important Jewish scriptures and his family 's experiences with them in eastern Europe . |
| 12 | ‘ Please ! ’ she moaned urgently as he lifted his mouth from hers to bury his face against the side of her neck , and excitement leapt as she heard the slight sound of the zip on his jeans being unfastened . |