Example sentences of "[vb -s] from his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the right hon. Member has the evidence , he should place it before the Home Secretary , the police and other appropriate authorities rather than come here , in the time off that he has from his interviews on Sky , to make wild accusations about everyone involved in immigration matters . |
| 2 | ‘ You know nothing of what Julius really wants from his wife . |
| 3 | He says that the minimum return he wants from his visit to Berne 's all-seated Wankdorf stadium is a draw . |
| 4 | Inevitably an author writes from his understanding and perspective ; a user probably has a different background , level of understanding and experience of the same subject . |
| 5 | Eric writes from his perspective as well , and the common thread is that things do n't last — nothing lasts . ’ |
| 6 | Thus Burton concludes from his discussion of employment subsidies in general that they are |
| 7 | Pointing out that his recommendations are based on the detailed study of a single variable , she cites the work of Albo ( 1970 ) , who concludes from his examination of several different variables in Cochabamba Quechua that the sensitivity of variables to sample size is not constant . |
| 8 | Rodin in his will indeed bequeathed to the French nation the right to make bronze casts from his plaster models , a right that a National Assembly vote limited to 12 casts per model . |
| 9 | ‘ Keith 's really mad keen to go , ’ Paul says from his cushion on the floor . |
| 10 | ‘ Many scholars have suggested that she broke his heart by ending the relationship , ’ Hawkins says from his home in Blandford , Dorset . |
| 11 | ‘ I had no doubt that I would be going back to the university , ’ he says from his home in Princeton , New Jersey . |
| 12 | He pulled a switchblade from his pocket and opened it inches from his leg . |
| 13 | Harry felt physically sick as he pushed past again , the short , –at hair , red , boil-pitted neck , corny blue sports jacket — inches from his face . |
| 14 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 15 | Lucker wakes from his half-sleep , looking ruffled and resentful . |
| 16 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ |
| 17 | I noticed that when particularly struck by a drawing , his features would assume the same look of wide-eyed amazement that they had done in the latter rôle when Bottom wakes from his dream and begins the speech , ‘ I have had a most rare vision … ’ . |
| 18 | A ticket inspector wakes from his slumber and Des shoots past me waving his tube pass . |
| 19 | Now Mr Keiwa Okuda , the new home affairs minister , wants to scrap the store law ; he even chastises the trade minister , Mr Kabun Muto , for tolerating half-way measures from his bureaucrats . |
| 20 | But when he discovers from his review of the precedents that mothers already have a legal right to compensation for emotional injury suffered on a direct view of the accident , and therefore that drivers must already insure against causing emotional damage in those circumstances , the question of insurance costs becomes more complex . |
| 21 | He 's much taller than the woman , and she sort of hangs from his neck when they kiss , stretching up on tiptoe to reach him . |
| 22 | But even under Charlemagne , one sees from his letter to Queen Fastrada ( 791 , when he was fighting the Avars ) how constant were the prayers , how ascetic the fasts , how generous the alms , needed to stave off defeat and disaster . |
| 23 | Indeed , he has commented that the only sensation that he recalls from his youth ( which did not evaporate on his coming of age ) was one of persistent desire . |
| 24 | Mr MacConachie , of Ashcroft Road , says he is highly honoured by the Royal appointment , which stems from his involvement in many community projects and charities . |
| 25 | Rollin 's confusion stems from his assumption that because animals have needs we may conclude that they have interests , which , like those of human beings , are owing to the possessor . |
| 26 | ‘ Although he is involved in the redevelopment of mills from a business point of view , he has a deep historical commitment and it is very pleasing to know that this stems from his undergraduate years at Nottingham . ’ |
| 27 | In fact , Petrey points out that the main significance of Austin 's work stems from his concentration on illocutionary force and ( although this is completely implicit ) he seems to think that Austin 's theory is essentially a pragmatic one . |
| 28 | So , if he abstracts from his knowledge of what the brain state actually is , he can form the same conception of experience as that had by the subject of the experience . |
| 29 | A few minutes later music drones from his room . |
| 30 | Also deduction of the Fund 's initial charge ( where applicable ) means that if an investor withdraws from his investment in the short term he may not get back the amount he originally invested . |