Example sentences of "[verb] from him [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt at rest , the dark weight of tension lifted from him by the woman . |
| 2 | Mr. Back Q.C. , for the appellant , contended that if Mr. Occhi consented to the appellant taking the £6 , he consented to the property in the money passing from him to the appellant and that the appellant had not , therefore , appropriated property belonging to another . |
| 3 | Pleas for understanding began to pour from him in a stream . |
| 4 | Shortly before his death he complained with much justification that his Belgian subjects were refusing to receive from him as a gift benefits which the French were at the same moment extorting from Louis XVI by a great upheaval . |
| 5 | It is notable too that this liberal interpretation is proposed by the jurist , and merely adopted from him by the emperor . |
| 6 | In two modern cases , however , it has been held that so long as the donor has done all he needs to do , the beneficial interest passes from him to the donee . |
| 7 | She turned from him on the words and was aware that her tone had risen at the last . |
| 8 | As Denton has shown , Winchelsey had used Clericis Laicos tactically to keep the king at bay while evading the full implications of that bull — that the pope alone could give consent ; Edward spent the last years of his reign dexterously reversing this and nullifying the commitments which appeared to have been extracted from him by the Confirmation of the Charters in 1297 . |
| 9 | ‘ No , I have not heard from him for a month now . ’ |
| 10 | A purchaser of land might well be uneasy if he knew that , even if he had no notice of a trust , the land could be recovered from him by a trustee . |
| 11 | Caroline looked from him to the wall . |
| 12 | Doyle looked from him to the Woman and back again and his face twisted into an expression of complete scorn . |
| 13 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
| 14 | She noticed the way his chest heaved , the rivers of desire flowing from him across the room to burn her body with unbearable heat . |
| 15 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
| 16 | His goodwill with those customers belonged to him and can not reasonably be taken from him by a covenant of this kind . |
| 17 | His son , Guillaume de Sescas , esquire ( douzet ) recognized that he was a liegeman and military tenant of Albret in July 1309 , holding land and tithes from him in the Bazadais , and owing him service , counsel and loyalty in perpetuity . |
| 18 | If Simon had n't had other things on his mind — if he had n't been distracted by you — ’ the word burst from him with a violence which made her recoil ‘ — he would never have made that fatal error . ’ |