Example sentences of "from somewhere [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Good I 'm pleased about that , so I did n't really want somebody coming all the way down from the West End cos I 'm I , I 'm what I would call a buyer , I 'm only going to be a buyer if I can get money from somewhere that I do n't know you know what I mean . |
| 3 | For ages Bernie maintained he already knew her from somewhere but could n't quite place it . |
| 4 | Cos I , I could tell she could place me from somewhere but she could n't remember where , well th I do n't think , she gave the impression that she knew who I was . |
| 5 | Then suddenly there 's this loud bang from somewhere and they all fly off , like a mirror that 's been smashed — pieces flying everywhere . |
| 6 | Nevertheless the goalkeeper played dead , blood appeared from somewhere and the Chileans refused to continue . |
| 7 | When we turn off a cold tap a loud banging comes from somewhere and then stops . |
| 8 | The sergeant would appear from somewhere and you 'd dash the cigarette quickly , but the smoke aroma hung around the doorway . |
| 9 | But one evening after a day 's shooting on Sergeant Ryker in 1963 , Marvin was continually baited by a drunk until Marvin grabbed a banjo from somewhere and smashed it over the other man 's head , drawing blood and knocking out his teeth . |
| 10 | Magic had descended from somewhere and made her invisible ; and in the process it had … well , it felt as if it had killed her . |
| 11 | He must have managed to purloin a copy of the house key from somewhere and was obviously astounded to find someone already scouring the house , especially her . |
| 12 | 100m from the line Block/Burgess were lying 4th but they seemed to find a reserve of energy from somewhere and crossed the line 1st , followed by Estevez/Marcheco of Cuba and Bobreshov/Kalesnik of the USSR in 0.8 secs . |
| 13 | A flaming arrow came from somewhere and lodged in our roof . |
| 14 | But as Henry says , he 's got the money from somewhere and he means to find out where . |
| 15 | I think what we 've all to pay for this erm that we will perhaps it will have to come from somewhere and again of the Council Planning Department as we we do erm continue . |
| 16 | The Government needs to find extra money from somewhere and has been considering all sorts of options . |
| 17 | and I got back home , and somebody must have told him where we lived , he got my address from somewhere and he came up to see Irene and I . |
| 18 | As GN business continued to grow , the solution was simply to obtain more slightly soiled Class 317s from somewhere or other . |
| 19 | If not , you will have either to see whether they could start earlier on some rooms , recruit another cleaner from somewhere or else help out yourself . |
| 20 | Later on , we were on another job , looking after a defence minister from somewhere or other . |
| 21 | Oh , she 's got a boyfriend home on leave from somewhere or other , and they meet for lunch … ’ |
| 22 | He says the councillors will have to find the money from somewhere or even pursaude the Government to give them more . |
| 23 | Erm , Chair , on the general financial position , it 's , it 's what I referred to earlier , as moving from somewhere where there were a direct employer or where we were grant-aiding a voluntary body to get on to a more , ultimately a more commercial footing , where we relate the money that we 're paying to the services that are being provided . |