Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are distinct from the longer stories not only in terms of content , but in graphology also : most are italicised , which separates them visually from the other material . |
| 2 | The pain steadily increased in force , blotting out the fires on the hill above the melon beds , increasing the darkness until they could make out nothing in the compound below , and driving them back from the streaming verandah . |
| 3 | He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body . |
| 4 | Elvis had then travelled forwards in time , locating each potential mother of the Anti-Christ and wooed her away from the Satanic father to be . |
| 5 | She began to take a different route so that she approached her home from the other end of Magdalen Street and avoided a meeting with John . |
| 6 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 7 | Erm , I welcomed Chairman the present experiment before us , I hope it succeeds , I hope it sets a continuing example to other parts of the county but you only get what you pay for and in , in we top it up from the seven cuts to I think thirteen or fourteen . |
| 8 | Whether control of these facilities by the CPSU fulfilled this requirement is debatable , but before we jump to the conclusion that we could not have expected anything else from the Soviet system , consider the chequered history of the First Amendment to the United States constitution , which reads inter alia : ‘ congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech . ’ |
| 9 | My right hon. Friend has shown the utmost skill and stamina over the past two days in keeping us away from the dangerous path towards the centralised Europe that none of us who are good Europeans want to see . |
| 10 | Another thing that cut me off from the other kids was going to the grammar school — and having to wear a bright green blazer every day . |
| 11 | Why then cut ourselves off from the one source in which may be found an authoritative statement of the intention with which the legislation is placed before Parliament ? |
| 12 | Eyuphuro , from the Macua word meaning whirlwind , is an apt name for a band which whirls you away from the all-too-prevalent perception of Mozambique as a place of war , famine and refugees , to the image of a young and dynamic society . |
| 13 | Eyuphuro , from the Macua word meaning whirlwind , is an apt name for a band which whirls you away from the all-too-prevalent perception of Mozambique as a place of war , famine and refugees , to the image of a young and dynamic society . |
| 14 | His petty-bourgeois family background , his status as an intellectual conversant with the rites of bourgeois education , values and culture , his sophisticated literary and critical talents as a writer , all conspired to set him apart from the communist party leadership and rank and file members alike . |
| 15 | The Livre des Coutumes of Bordeaux contains a note that ‘ [ In 1259 ] king Henry did homage for Bordeaux , Bayonne and all the land of Gascony [ Gasconha ] which was [ then ] free allod [ franc en alo ] to Louis , king of France … but let it be known that this Gascony was the most free allod that the king of England had , before … king Henry received it back from the French king in homage ’ . |
| 16 | Well we can do it downstairs from the main system or something |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't give a fig , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ if you hold it direct from the Holy Father ! |
| 18 | Pulling himself away from the older man , he ran after Maisie , who was now somewhere out in the road . |
| 19 | Fergus tried to lever himself up from the rear bench seat of the old Rover , but failed . |
| 20 | The situation will be made more dangerous if the EC cuts itself off from the new North American Free Trade Area . |
| 21 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 22 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 23 | When he had dumped their two canvas bags on the ground , he reached up again to help her down from the high train . |
| 24 | There is nothing which cuts him off from the early sociologists in his basic assumptions about the importance of instincts and their interaction with men 's cultures . |
| 25 | With her mind muzzy from sleep and cold , instinct alone turned her away from the Welsh Back . |
| 26 | Like other elements of the left-wing movement , however , activists in this sphere were subjected to extensive government oppression , which prevented almost all activity until 1918 and hampered it severely from the late 1920s . |
| 27 | Federalists are worried that new members will dilute the EC , turning it away from the grandiose schemes of political union and towards the modest goal of free trade . |
| 28 | She immediately opened it again from the other side . |
| 29 | Although , as we saw for Pakistanis in Rochdale , the culture of immigrants may separate them out from the white community , the children of immigrants will gradually become assimilated into white society , into the wider working class and some , by upward mobility , into the middle classes . |
| 30 | I find it very depressing because it takes me away from the constructive side of the business and into being a sort of financial PR and being defensive . |