Example sentences of "has [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then home viewing has largely taken over from cinema going but there does not seem to have been much criticism of the format as such but perhaps more so the screen size . |
| 2 | The modem newspaper horoscope has largely taken over from dream-books , although they are still published , and still draw largely on the works of Artemidorus ( or claim to ) . |
| 3 | The madman has just flown in from Rome on a whim , to spend a few days with me here . |
| 4 | When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’ |
| 5 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 6 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 7 | Pierre Berton , who wrote the books , has just got back from Vancouver . |
| 8 | May I remind him that the London Arts Board , which has just taken over from Greater London Arts , is settling down well to the work of funding arts associations throughout London . |
| 9 | There is a considerable shake-up at the Northern Ireland Office , where Sir Patrick Mayhew has already taken over from Mr Peter Brooke as Secretary of State . |
| 10 | Gavin Scott has now moved on from science to other things ( he is reading the news on TV-am 's Good Morning Britain ) , so we shall not , presumably , see the further development of his short career in science . |
| 11 | Hornby , founded in 1908 , has now moved on from trains and cars to sell dolls and video games . |
| 12 | No changes … a new skipper though Shaun Taylor has officially taken over from Ross Maclaren … |