Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The institutional , legal and procedural definition of convocation had not been clear in 1307 nor was it finally resolved by 1327 : the clergy were struggling to free themselves from the enveloping quicksand of parliament , the king 's high court , and to reach the firm ground of an autonomous clerical assembly , no part of the king 's court ( with all that that implied ) and free from the intimidating presence , or intrusion , of those royal councillors who were laymen . |
| 2 | Unconsciously perhaps Jeanne was seeking to free herself from her narrow and oppressively respectable bourgeois family . |
| 3 | When bad news was finally announced , dealers were instructed to conceal it from their clients for as long as possible . |
| 4 | As we all know now the group was formed to save it from extinction and now ‘ Duke ’ is happily not only still with us but thriving . |
| 5 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 6 | One consequence of this has been that further additions to the existing radio and television services would become deeply contested as efforts were made to detach them from the duopoly . |
| 7 | During September there were signs that Jordan was attempting to distance itself from Iraq in order to restore relations with its former allies in the Gulf . |
| 8 | Where the proceedings are in respect of a statutory nuisance within s.92(1) ( c ) , it is a defence under s.94(4) to prove , on a balance of probabilities , ( the burden being on the defendant ) that the accumulation or deposit was necessary for the effectual carrying on of a business or manufacture , was not kept longer than necessary , and that best practicable means were used to prevent them from being prejudicial to health or a nuisance . |
| 9 | Then I started to get a feeling that the Lord was going to move me from my present job . |
| 10 | Prior to completion of the missives a meeting took place at the farm when an offer was made to purchase it from the defender at a price of £65,000 . |
| 11 | She had a job to do , and no Italian Romeo suffering the effect of an over-active libido was going to keep her from doing it . |
| 12 | The locks on her office door were changed to prevent her from gaining access . |
| 13 | According to Gregory the slanders against Fredegund were intended to drive her from the court , thus facilitating the elevation of her stepson , Clovis , to the throne . |
| 14 | The proper instrument for the purpose not being at hand , a man was sent to get it from the Bedford Infirmary . |
| 15 | Mr Endara was moved to distance himself from proposals in Washington to support anti-Noriega parties with CIA funds , describing the scheme as ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 16 | After her marriage attempts were made to unseat her from the London School Board because of the alleged illegality of her name . |
| 17 | The recall instructions were specifically designed to make it difficult for subjects to use previous knowledge in the task and attempts were made to prevent them from mentally retracing the route , a strategy which several of them would otherwise have adopted . |
| 18 | Various accusations , including that of treason , were thereupon levelled against Stratford and attempts were made to exclude him from the parliament which met subsequently . |
| 19 | Donaldson read the form through and signed it ; only his silence was needed to keep him from all liability . |
| 20 | Nurses were instructed to prevent them from seeing Earl Spencer as he lay helpless in his private room . |
| 21 | Motocross riders are a tough breed … no amount of fog was going to stop them from checking out the sport 's newest circuit this morning . |
| 22 | As Tolstoy himself concedes , in The Minister and the Massacres ( p 44 ) : Neither Gen Krasnov nor any other old emigre was seeking to extricate himself from sharing whatever fate attended those of their comrades who were in the equivocal position of being Soviet citizens . |
| 23 | When the main scale had been constructed , student and employer samples were asked to select one from a range of scaled descriptive phrases indicating the employability value of different features of the course . |
| 24 | Northmore 's bastard son was destined to gain nothing from his relationship to a wealthy family . |