Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [adv prt] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King graciously stood godfather ; the baby of course was named George and was given a silver bowl inscribed ‘ The gift of His Majesty King George to his godson , George Lamb , Anno Dom 1725 ’ A story has grown up from this — for years I thought it was true — that Henry James saw this bowl — it had become by legend , golden — and the sight was the seed that led to his novel , The Golden Bowl . |
| 2 | Dr Jean Bainbridge has taken over from Coun Heather Scott as president of the Darlington and District Soroptimists . |
| 3 | Obviously a lot of this racism has seeped down from the top ; for example the police are part of a racist legal system so you 've got to expect them to hold those views . |
| 4 | Stuart Ward has taken over from Bill Davidson who retired at the end of last year . |
| 5 | IN THE first part of this book Michael Shallis gives an interesting non-technical account of how modern physics has gone on from the common-sense notion of time to a whole series of fundamental changes . |
| 6 | MOVIE heart-throb Kevin Costner has taken over from Arnold Schwarzenegger as Hollywood 's most powerful actor , according to a survey . |
| 7 | Since covering the restoration of the Benson Gustav in the July issue , much feedback has come in from our ever-vigilant readers . |
| 8 | And on Wednesday Judy Robinson is set to leave the Grey Horse pub , Bank Top Judy 's rent has gone up from £13,000 to £25,000 . |
| 9 | Tory group leader Coun John Hale said : ‘ It all stems back to the early days when people were encouraged not to pay and the momentum has built up from this . ’ |
| 10 | It is undoubtedly a good thing that royal reporting has moved on from the tradition of deferential reverence in which James Whitaker first learned his trade . |
| 11 | Sure enough , due to prospects this year of a vintage declaration and an estimated shortfall of supply over demand ( although the latest estimated harvest figure has gone up from 250 to 274 million bottles ) , the price per kilo of grapes was fixed at 26.77 French francs , a 13.78 per cent increase over last year . |
| 12 | ‘ Was there never sign of a boat having put over from Parfois by night ? |
| 13 | Meanwhile Linton had got up from his armchair and gone out to join Cathy and Hareton . |
| 14 | US officials reportedly expressed concerns that the Soviet side had drawn back from previously agreed elements of the START treaty , and that at the same time it appeared to be adopting a less conciliatory stance on other arms control and disarmament issues , such as the ceiling on troops in Central Europe and the outline of an " Open Skies " treaty agreed in February [ ibid . ] . |
| 15 | Tammuz had turned around from his workstation . |
| 16 | There was only one really bitter outbreak of in-fighting , prompted by a story which Peter Walker had raked up from somewhere that gave an account of Margaret hoarding food during the miners ' strike . |
| 17 | The Gold Coast had fallen back from the situation 50 years earlier when English-educated Africans had played a leading part in administration , Christian leadership , the judiciary and the learned professions . |
| 18 | Major debt defaults in Mexico and Brazil had prompted a worldwide retreat from international bank lending and the virtual collapse of the syndicated loan market ; since then , unofficial observers estimated that some $45,000 million of net development capital aid had flowed back from the borrowing countries and towards the lenders . |
| 19 | A few parties had walked along from Sandwich Bay Estate to picnic on the beach . |
| 20 | The Scots had come over from Ireland and colonised most of Galloway , Kintyre and Arran . |
| 21 | The aircraft had taken off from Prestwick half-an- hour earlier . |
| 22 | Unlike Eb , Josh had come back from the war in one piece , hale and hearty . |
| 23 | ‘ Love is a local Anguish , ’ he wrote after he and Hucks had travelled on from Wrexham . |
| 24 | Alan Jones and Steve Abel have stepped down from committee due to other work commitments ; their involvement in the work of the TCP over recent years has been much appreciated . |
| 25 | Tim Corser and his wife Linda have moved on from Benidorm and are continuing on their extended journey through Europe . |
| 26 | Already , both the top Republican contenders have backed down from their original pledge to rescind Mr Florio 's tax increases the minute they take office . |
| 27 | So many funds have held back from investing . |
| 28 | Since joining Cardiff , Walker has become an overnight success , scoring eight First Division tries in a dozen matches as the club have moved up from strugglers last season to table-toppers . |
| 29 | Add to those characteristics the meticulous almost fussy ways which Anthony has picked up from his father , and you have a close family likeness — yet to Anthony they are almost completely unacknowledged and unrecognised . |
| 30 | Work has come in from all over the UK , and even the charity Farm Africa uses the Hoy facility . |