Example sentences of "manage [to-vb] [pers pn] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 2 | Julia felt worse and worse all the next day , but managed to hide it from the others . |
| 3 | The stresses and tensions in those early days got to me , even though I managed to obscure them from the viewers . |
| 4 | Mann was tired , and still thanking the Academician for managing to free him from the security police . |
| 5 | Swiftly she caught him under the armpits and heaved until she managed to persuade him from the ground . |
| 6 | Only this managed to save him from the bullying which would otherwise visit a boy who practically lived within the works of Oscar Wilde . |