Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pron] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is hurt and shaken , but he insisted on coming back with me to say thank you for making the message that warned him away from the bog . |
| 2 | It was the Lord Ba'al 's love for the virgin Anat that brought him back from the dead , in response to her tears . |
| 3 | Even in the Elizabethan and Stuart era rural communities in certain regions such as the West Riding of Yorkshire or the West Midlands had an industrial character that marked them off from the societies that have so far been described . |
| 4 | Despite his appearance , the erstwhile executioner treated the princes with a rough kindliness that set him apart from the other attendants — taking it upon himself to ensure that the food was to their liking and the fire well-tended . |
| 5 | Seth rarely talked about the things that set him apart from the rest of mankind . |
| 6 | He had changed physically but the movement of his body down the carriage for coffee still had that freedom that set him apart from the suited composure of the brief case brigade that filled the train . |
| 7 | There was something about him that set him apart from the other men in the room . |
| 8 | It was her air of nervous tension that set her apart from the other passengers as she jumped from the train at Stowbridge , searching the platform with a fraught expression that only partially lifted when she caught sight of Melissa . |
| 9 | He took her arm and led her away from the entrance . |
| 10 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 11 | Tutilo took Daalny suddenly between his hands , with grieving gentleness , and moved her aside from the doorway . |
| 12 | Elvis had then travelled forwards in time , locating each potential mother of the Anti-Christ and wooed her away from the Satanic father to be . |
| 13 | Great flights of fire-breathing beasts swooped on the armies of the night , and drove them back from the heart of Ulthuan to the shores of the island-continent . |
| 14 | This uniform of dark serge symbolized our insider status and separated us completely from the ‘ civvies ’ out there in the rest of the world . |
| 15 | Like other elements of the left-wing movement , however , activists in this sphere were subjected to extensive government oppression , which prevented almost all activity until 1918 and hampered it severely from the late 1920s . |
| 16 | She did n't know how long it would take for someone with a gun to get into position to fire at her , so she took another deep breath , and threw herself away from the buoy , cutting under the surface as she headed for the opening . |
| 17 | I took Susan 's arm and walked her away from the scene of the crime . |
| 18 | So she chivvied him out of the cart-end and walked him away from the camp through knee-length grass . |
| 19 | Taking a deep breath , he grasped Mait 's arm , and pulled him away from the enhancer . |
| 20 | Julia nodded and pulled herself up from the sofa . |
| 21 | The pilot stayed with his aircraft and steered it away from the school and bravely died with it to save others . |
| 22 | The path was bumpy in places , and sent her up from the saddle and down again violently , but she did n't pause to think about bruises or anything but getting to the bridge before the van . |
| 23 | Easing the damp khaki cotton of her culotte suit away from her perspiring skin , she drained the glass of juice and dragged herself away from the mesmerising sight of the turquoise water and army of waving coconut palms . |
| 24 | Nina took her hand again , and tugged her away from the open door . |
| 25 | Hundreds of riot police then charged repeatedly at scores of Left-wingers and pushed them back from the podium so that President Weizsaecker could begin his speech . |
| 26 | He leant back and pushed himself away from the table , sliding backwards on the castors of his typist-style chair . |
| 27 | She touched the floor , and pushed herself away from the table . |
| 28 | They drove a lorry across farm fields and loaded it up from the home of the Marquess of Cholmondeley yesterday . |
| 29 | Gasping for breath , Gentle registered little or none of this , but pushed himself up from the wall to re-launch his attack . |