Example sentences of "[noun pl] they have [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | With very few exceptions they have refrained from ostentation : indeed their Nonconformist distaste for personal extravagance , reinforced by infusions of Scottish blood , has sometimes prompted small economies which , in the light of their extraordinary benevolence to good causes , have been accepted as amusingly careful instead of absurdly mean . |
| 2 | ‘ It is not only the economic loss of the things they have stolen from them but the fear , which in some cases leads to long-term psychological consequences which , if the victim is elderly , may never go away . ’ |
| 3 | The reasoning offered by the court centred on the fact that such persons had special access to inside information which arose from communications they had received from primary insiders . |
| 4 | The leeches look as if they have the faces of the bodies they have burst from , and they are capable of rearing up and attacking with a cluster of teeth around a central sucker . |
| 5 | The Army have not dropped their controversial access conditions as was reported , but have amended them following the representations they have received from the BMC and the views that were expressed at the Castlemartin meeting in March . |
| 6 | They were armed with thousands and thousands of signatures they had collected from their parishes and their local communities in the weeks leading up to the lobby . |
| 7 | The quality of their lives is determined by meanings they have received from others . |
| 8 | Some auctioneers will exchange items if they prove to be the wrong colour , design or size , but this is entirely at their discretion , and much will depend on the specific instructions they have received from the vendor . |
| 9 | Both acknowledged the lessons they had learned from mentors early in their careers and each accepted that as time elapses heads appoint other teachers who have something of their own style about them . |
| 10 | The Government has withdrawn funding for new house building , and refused to allow councils to spend the receipts they have gained from new house owners . |
| 11 | Women of the first group are in many ways utterly dissimilar from each other , differing in language , religion and customs ( see tables 1 and 2 ) , but their roles in the peasant societies they have come from have a lot in common . |
| 12 | David Harper , from Uckington , no relation to the twins , who 'd been with Rebecca , and Wisdom Smith , who was with Emma , both told the police they 'd jumped from bales of blazing straw . |
| 13 | Indeed , chartered surveyors in London have been encouraged — but ultimately , frustrated — by the volume of enquiries they have had from investors interested in picking-up commercial property at favourable prices . |
| 14 | ‘ Half the room is wearing clothes they 've brought from your posh shop , ’ he said to Daisy . |
| 15 | Users should be able to monitor the progress of any background tasks they have initiated from submission to completion . |