Example sentences of "[verb] her from a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance . |
| 2 | She had drifted off , and had been fast asleep for some hours when the sound of someone 's keeping their finger pressed on her doorbell roused her from a deep sleep . |
| 3 | Although her brother , Bert , was now employed by a local fisherman , Arnold Spence , and could do no more than a few day 's work at Four Winds now and then , nevertheless her new arrangements left Harriet free to work outside herself and this regular exercise had a calming effect , releasing her from a great deal of inner tension . |
| 4 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 5 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
| 6 | She was more than capable of defending herself if the need arose , but what if her pursuer was someone who had recognized her from a previous UNACO assignment , someone out to blow her cover ? |
| 7 | Her alarm clock , a replica of an old-fashioned instrument purchased from Habitat , with an analogue dial and a little brass bell on the top , rouses her from a deep sleep at 7.30 . |
| 8 | The story of how he acquired her from a petty criminal and gradually transferred his love from man to dog is told in his novel We Think the World of You ( 1960 ) , which won the W. H. Smith award . |
| 9 | By now Smallfry was using her other voice , the one that screeched shrilly and somehow managed to transform her from a beautiful movie-star into something savage and frightening . |
| 10 | He says he felt as if he knew her from a previous life — of course he did . |
| 11 | ONE of Prince Charles 's closest friends is to undergo surgery to save her from a crippling disease . |
| 12 | I felt the miserable decline of my happiness as I imagined the girl 's innocence and the futility of her mother 's efforts to save her from a cruel death . |
| 13 | He sat watching her from a deep armchair , legs crossed at the ankles , hands lightly clasped . |
| 14 | She found herself talking about her father — the way he had brought her up alone , how he had tried to dissuade her from a racing career . |