Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could see this condition coming upon me relentlessly from the first moment Dana cast his eyes upon me : he was another who knew how to use the power of the evil eye , almost casually , to enchant total strangers . |
| 2 | Coming from eighty throats , it swept with them down from the wooded foothills and made them sound like a flock of scavenging birds disturbed from their carcass . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | ‘ How nice to have someone here from the Foreign Office . |
| 5 | The Linnets are desperate for a win which would drag them away from the lower reaches of the table , and Kettering 's record of only two points from their opening eight away games suggests a home win . |
| 6 | Stephen manoeuvred them away from the formal office seating around his desk towards some more relaxed sofas and chairs grouped around a low table . |
| 7 | Staff members tried to keep them away from the soft-hearted President , consigning them to the Vice-president not because Bush was more callous , North explained , but because it was Reagan who had to make the policy decisions . |
| 8 | The hatchback also keeps them away from the big Volvos . |
| 9 | As Henry removed his coat and set his briefcase down , Maisie 's fingers , like demented spiders in a bath , ran this way and that , in any direction , it seemed , that might lead them away from the wistful logic of the melody . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | God was there and there seemed no need to pray or sing hymns either to transport me away from the present reality or to ward off danger by attracting God 's attention . |
| 12 | How wrong of you to bring me away from the main road ! |
| 13 | Pulling himself away from the older man , he ran after Maisie , who was now somewhere out in the road . |
| 14 | If the individual can fence himself off from the prying eyes or fingers of the state , can maintain his private domain in his own way without intervention by public authorities , an important aspect of political liberty is established . |
| 15 | In choosing a kasabat kadilik , then , a student was in effect shutting himself off from the high offices of state and , provided that he intended to stay within the learned profession , dooming himself to a lifetime of service in the kasabat kadiliks unless he could somehow get back into the medrese stream . |
| 16 | Fergus tried to lever himself up from the rear bench seat of the old Rover , but failed . |
| 17 | Theuderic I seems to have kept himself apart from the other sons of Clovis , though this could , in part , be explained by his greater age . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Although they are important , you should not let technicalities in presenting references divert you away from the crucial tasks of organising and writing your essay . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Libya barricaded itself off from the outside world yesterday to ‘ mourn ’ the sixth anniversary of the American air raids on Tripoli and Benghazi , mounted in retaliation for alleged Libyan involvement in the bombing of a Berlin night club in which two American soldiers died . |
| 23 | The situation will be made more dangerous if the EC cuts itself off from the new North American Free Trade Area . |
| 24 | By joining the pro-Iraqi camp the PLO effectively cut itself off from the moderating influences ( and financial backing ) of the Gulf states and Egypt , and rendered highly unlikely any prospects for a resumption of US-Palestinian talks ( broken off in June — see pp. 37547 ; 37626-27 ) . |
| 25 | You would probably both benefit in the long term by coming to such a compromise as interests and contacts from outside can save you both from the trapped feeling that a dependent relationship can bring about . |
| 26 | When it 's asked , when it says I tell you mainly from the eastern parts and western parts , well we 're from the western parts are n't we ? |
| 27 | Great support for you today from the local Bicester people ? |
| 28 | Walker , who apart from the Prime Minister herself ( Margaret Thatcher ) and Sir Geoffrey Howe was the only remaining member of the Conservative Cabinet formed in 1979 ( and who had also been a member of Edward Heath 's Cabinet in 1970-74 ) , had for a considerable time been regarded as in many ways out of sympathy with certain aspects of Thatcher 's political philosophy . |
| 29 | There were also a great many red squirrels in the forest , delicate little creatures with tufted ears who looked at them fearlessly from the high branches . |
| 30 | The AIB investigators were somewhat baffled as to the cause of the accident until the RAF pathologist rang them up from the local mortuary . |