Example sentences of "that he [verb] [vb pp] from " in BNC.

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1 The Grenadiers and Chasseurs , finding that the town was impassable , crossed the little River Dyle to the west , and it would seem that he became separated from them .
2 But there without doubt were the elusive twin spires of Saigon 's cathedral that he 'd seen from far off , stationary now and clearly visible , standing sentinel over the wide , tree-lined avenues .
3 Then there were the bruises on his knees and elbows that he 'd received from the fall over the trip-wire at Jacqui 's .
4 It was , therefore , with exaggerated haste that he undid his black tie , pulled the white shirt over his head , substituted a red T-shirt and a pair of old Norfolk drab cords that he 'd salvaged from his father 's wardrobe .
5 And now that he 'd escaped from that awful prison , come he would , she knew that as certainly as she knew daylight would follow darkness .
6 She usually found those , though , just as she usually found any cash or letters that he 'd hidden from her .
7 He took out the keys that he 'd brought from the office back home , and opened the door .
8 The reason for their excellent wickets , he said , was that he 'd changed from Mendip loam to Surrey loam .
9 Sighvat 's Knútsdrápa indicates that he had sailed from England to deal with the threat posed by Olaf and Anund Jacob , and mentions his visit to Rome .
10 They were no doubt relieved , as Theo definitely was , that he had escaped from the clutches of ‘ that woman ’ .
11 It might be more accurate to say that he had escaped from him .
12 These eagles would not know what a zoo was , or believe that he had escaped from one in a place where no eagles lived naturally .
13 In August Turberville returned to England , claiming that he had escaped from prison .
14 It does n't actually say I I I was just looking , it does n't s seems to go up to September nineteen eighty six but not to say that he had escaped from prison .
15 After almost two hours at the wheel yesterday , Senna limped away from his car , the only obvious sign that he had suffered from brake trouble during the last quarter of the 73-lap race .
16 On autopsy it was established that he had suffered from a very rare brain condition in which the thalamus progressively degenerated .
17 The crux of Sting 's accusation , however , was that he had suffered from ‘ inequality of bargaining power ’ which is to say , that he had not had proper legal advice when signing the deal , and had been taken advantage of by Virgin .
18 Given this , Whitelocke was lucky to escape prosecution at the Restoration ; to the credit of both , he and Charles II made their peace when Whitelocke returned some royal manuscripts that he had saved from plunder and lectured the king about Welsh , which he said was ‘ his Majesty 's more ancient native language than English ’ .
19 He was probably far gone enough not to realise yet that he had jumped from one box into a smaller one .
20 When the Dutch troops landed and passed through Wells , Ken wrote to James to say that he had withdrawn from his palace , taking his carriage horses lest they be commandeered ; indeed his previous service at William 's court would have caused much embarrassment if he had remained to meet him .
21 The doubts about Mr Lamont 's survival grew after it was disclosed that he had withdrawn from the panel on BBC TV 's Question Time programme tomorrow , with Mr Clarke replacing him .
22 When pressed upon the issue , Hawke admitted the deal , but claimed that he had withdrawn from the arrangement in December 1990 after Keating had made " treacherous " remarks to the press about his leadership .
23 ‘ Rumours that he had profited from the Barings Crisis of 1890 . ’
24 Though Thomas was greatly revered he had never been well off , and now that he had retired from government advisory jobs he earned nothing much except by writing .
25 He firmly denied that he had emerged from the meeting empty handed .
26 The Tretyakov Gallery would release hundreds of the works that he had given from its stores , and then the museum of the Russian Avant-garde would open .
27 He told them that he had separated from his Argentinian-born wife four years ago and that she had returned to Buenos Aires .
28 He went on to say that he had heard from a mutual friend whom he had met in Alexandria that I had a good job , and added : ‘ Mother said , in an old letter which took months to reach me , that it was in the Foreign Office .
29 Five days later Ira Dilworth called me to his office where , in his kindly fashion , he expressed surprise that he had heard from the RCAF of my application before I had discussed it with him .
30 He had spent three years building on the excellent co-operation between the Bureau and the Yard that he had inherited from Darrell Mills .
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