Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] from " 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 | My first book was an experiment to see if I could write and it has just gone on from there . ’ |
| 5 | When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ This report has just come in from the Environments Officer . |
| 7 | One British firm has just come back from France with almost £1m for its contribution towards landscaping . |
| 8 | ‘ He has just come back from Canada and he will go back to Canada . ’ |
| 9 | A film editor friend has just come back from a couple of weeks of yoga , a music producer I know goes to St James , Piccadilly , where they have spiritual talks on a Monday evening , while a designer friend does Chi-Kung , a Chinese movement like Tai-Chi , where you have to ‘ stand like a tree ’ . |
| 10 | Pierre Berton , who wrote the books , has just got back from Vancouver . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It has already spread out from its core business , and is spreading wider still , from software into the information business itself . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard Co , which markets Sequoia 's 68040-based fault-tolerant Unix machines as the HP 9000 Series 1200 line , has already backed off from investing new money to protect its investment in the company , where it holds an 8% stake . |
| 15 | Fewer requests for confirming analysis take place from the conceptual end , but a greater number are initiated through the scheming process which has gradually taken over from the conceptual phase as the main centre of the design work . |
| 16 | TAFF Gregory , the Army cook who won a Gulf War BEM ( Eating Out August 14 ) , has quickly marched on from the Hartforth Hall Hotel at Gilling West , near Richmond . |
| 17 | ‘ The number of people in work has also gone up from 33,000 to 37,000 , ’ he said . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Hornby , founded in 1908 , has now moved on from trains and cars to sell dolls and video games . |
| 20 | No changes … a new skipper though Shaun Taylor has officially taken over from Ross Maclaren … |
| 21 | The entrance fee for the national parks , such as Annapurna , Langtang or Sagamartha , has recently gone up from 250 to 650 rupees . |
| 22 | Obviously things have changed : not that long ago ‘ medium grade ’ meant VS and the centre of gravity has certainly moved up from there — but I bet the majority of climbers are still performing regularly at ‘ only ’ HVS/E1 . |
| 23 | It 's great fun , very enjoyable , but for a young women who 's perhaps come up from a convent or an all girls ' school and who feels very uncomfortable with this person because he 's thirty years older and has power over here , it 's not perceived in the same way . |
| 24 | She 's just moved up from Kent and has come with packing cases full of cups and medals : a winning record which was topped this week with the Champion of Champions trophy and an ambition to become the world 's number one . |
| 25 | He 's just ridden in from London , and his lady 's here to meet him . |
| 26 | It 's just gone on from there really ! |
| 27 | They 'll probably be in all night and she 's just walked up from the bingo and toddle in there . |
| 28 | John 's there with his mate Paul , who 's just got back from work . |
| 29 | my dad 's just got back from apparently Millie 's quite brown and my mum they 're not |
| 30 | ‘ There y'ar , Sergeant Joe , ’ beamed Mrs Beavis , ‘ this young lady 's our new lodger , she 's just took the front room , she 's just come over from France . |