Example sentences of "[verb] from [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | When he saw Mrs Goreng disembarking from her jeep , he at once made himself scarce , retiring through the back of the shop to his living-quarters and instructing me to deal with this dissatisfied , difficult , and , in all likelihood , dangerous customer . |
2 | There is nothing discreditable in a bailiff appropriating to his lord 's use his own products , e.g. to brew from his own barley , to make cloth and linen from his own wool and flax , feed his horses from his own produce . |
3 | He was in a gutter , cold clean water running around him , washing the grime and sleep from his face . |
4 | They had apparently felt as if a burden had been lifted from them and why tempt fate by attempting to get her back ? |
5 | The chalets on the lower ground nearest the beach were liable to flood and more than once young children had to be lifted from their beds in the middle of the night . |
6 | LITTLE ANGELS : ‘ Product Of The Working Class ’ ( Polydor ) small heavy metal devils get socially wicked with another Top 40 bound single lifted from their all seeing ‘ Young Gods ’ album — out on Monday |
7 | Often the counsellor of ageing people will experience this when , after talking with them for a short period , many of the pressures and worries appear to be visibly lifted from their shoulders . |
8 | The new 45 , lifted from their Number One ‘ Wish ’ LP , is backed with two exclusive tracks , ‘ Halo ’ on 7″ and cassette formats , plus ‘ Scared As You ’ on 12″ and CD , and issued through Fiction on May 15 . |
9 | The track , lifted from their recent ‘ … |
10 | Faith No More release ‘ Everything 's Ruined ’ , lifted from their highly acclaimed ‘ Angel Dust ’ LP , through London on November 9 . |
11 | The track is lifted from their eponymous LP , and comes as a rock mix from Nirvana/Pearl Jam producer Butch Vig together with the original album track on the B-side . |
12 | ‘ The teachers , the social workers and the carers who deliver the services at the sharp end need the overbearing weight of the county bureaucracy lifted from their shoulders . ’ |
13 | Later she phoned to tell me how much lighter she felt , as if a burden had somehow been lifted from her shoulders . |
14 | Since their move , the wife has felt a burden lifted from her shoulders , and has been restored to her former carefree self . |
15 | A great weight was lifted from her mind . |
16 | The bandages were lifted from her face . |
17 | With her schooldays behind her , Diana felt as if some great weight had been lifted from her shoulders . |
18 | It shocked her , for it was just the same , as if memory had now been lifted from her head and unfolded in front of her . |
19 | A great weight lifted from her mind . |
20 | ‘ How are you this morning ? ’ enquired Melissa , holding out a hand for Snappy to lick and noticing with relief that some of the strain had lifted from her friend 's face . |
21 | There was a short pause , during which Juliet felt as if an incredible weight had lifted from her shoulders . |
22 | As his hand lifted from her neck she looked up . |
23 | He felt at rest , the dark weight of tension lifted from him by the woman . |
24 | At the mechanical bay the engine is lifted from its casing and dismantled . |
25 | Carrying an oil lamp , lifted from its brass standard , Robert lighted their way . |
26 | I feel a heavy burden has been lifted from me . |
27 | The trees shed a radiance of their own , turning the air green and gold ; and Ruth felt that if only she could escape alone into those dreaming glades , all the despair and dread would be lifted from her . |
28 | It certainly brought the door banging open ; and she was still screaming when his body was lifted from her and she saw the poker coming down towards his head . |
29 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |
30 | IBM also said unit sales of personal computers were up 40% on a year-to-year basis and the IBM Personal Computer Co was profitable in the first quarter — but does that mean simply that as a quasi-autonomous company , a load of corporate overhead has been lifted from it and dumped elsewhere ? |