Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the snow comes , this will insulate them from the cold air and allow them to tease out woodlice , spiders and other invertebrates from leaf-litter or plant roots . |
| 2 | This attribute separates them from the outside world and can be shared by no non-Japanese . |
| 3 | Presently it led them from the main highway to minor roads and country lanes . |
| 4 | The deadline for lodging the appeal is midnight tonight but UEFA have so far heard nothing from the Georgian club . |
| 5 | This recommendation was not accepted , however , and the authorities still have to balance the need to provide access to the parks with the need to preserve them from the increased pressure that results . |
| 6 | you probably got them from the same place . |
| 7 | Within months , some clients had in excess of 25 dealers contacting them from the same firm ; many were also being contacted from other licensed dealers . |
| 8 | Huge golden canopies shielded them from the 100-degree heat . |
| 9 | Raising up the wooden clouds to hide himself from the public gaze , he hurried trembling down the ladder and hid in the dark cart , under his quilt . |
| 10 | The team was able to win some very prestigious senior assignments during this time , deliberately dissociating itself from the wholesale movement of dealing and broking teams , an aspect of search of which GKR strongly disapprove . |
| 11 | Often co-operating with reputable frying equipment manufacturers and suppliers , they test everything from the critical point at which a food product fries best , to the recovery times for oil temperatures . |
| 12 | Thomas was sure the other androids would have rescued her from the burning ship but , discovering she was not part of their mission , would then have executed her . |
| 13 | The Blox had run the whisker pole to maximum height on its track , suspended it from the main halyard , and were swinging on it from the pulpit far out over the harbour and letting go . |
| 14 | Fit a suitable damp-proof membrane around the frame to isolate it from the surrounding masonry , then fit the frame in the opening . |
| 15 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 16 | About ten years later , although the clock said differently , she appeared , eyes trying to adjust themselves from the strong sunlight to the shady cool of the bar . |
| 17 | It was an article of faith with this circle that women must free themselves from the erotic patronage of men . |
| 18 | To sidestep any arguments about who should inherit the party 's vast fortunes if a split occurs , the delegates declared themselves to be the legal heirs of the HSWP , whilst dissociating themselves from the old party 's ‘ crimes , false and mistaken principles and methods ’ . |
| 19 | The all-alloy 24-valve twin-cam engine is described by Cosworth as being of the ‘ high-efficiency ’ type , and follows the ‘ modular ’ theory — meaning that the basic design could suit anything from the three-cylinder unit to a V12 . |
| 20 | May they preserve us from the hermetic seal . |
| 21 | To cling to a Polish identity was to exclude oneself from the German monopoly on higher education and from all but menial employment in industry ; given the rapid depopulation of the countryside it was also to insist on the right to become and remain part of a backward , ignorant , illiterate , inward-looking agrarian people , stuck in a rural backwater with no access to the outside world , with scant interest from that world and little hope of progress . |
| 22 | This may also mean protecting us from the seamier side of Chinese life . |
| 23 | There were many amusing things that happened on the way out , to distract us from the utter boredom of slogging through the Med and down the Red Sea . |
| 24 | As a general approach , this presents a very attractive picture of human beings , but we must not , on the other hand , allow this to distract us from the pressing reality of society as an institutionalised , patterned , constraining system . |
| 25 | Our footsteps echoed as though there were other people walking to meet us from the far end . |
| 26 | As a divorcee , Docherty can no longer take communion and has distanced himself from the catholic faith , an institution he believes deserted him in his hour of need . |
| 27 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 28 | She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime . |
| 29 | A close associate of the President , he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party , the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution ( AREMA ) . |
| 30 | Only a mass revolt by AFBD members — which is unlikely - or legal action by particularly aggrieved firms , for example the Commodity Trad ers ' Group , can prevent the great majority of those firms which wish to continue doing business with Americans from signing the commission 's order exempting them from the full rigour of its rules . |