Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some eight hours later , and for the next four days , it sets about the task of ejecting its companions from the nest . |
| 2 | Thanks be to God that we now perhaps have the opportunity of diverting our resources from the piling up of armaments which threaten our planet 's existence , to tackling the profound injustices and deprivations of the north/south divide . |
| 3 | Certainly for many mothers the price of freeing their children from the oppressive atmosphere of yesteryear was yet a further form of oppression for themselves when freedom was overdone . |
| 4 | The National Trust runs its hundreds of properties as a charity … and apart from protecting its charges from the ravages of winter , covering up saves them five months dusting . |
| 5 | It was in his camp here that he was approached by a French envoy on behalf of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria , the same Maximilian who had been given the Palatine Electorate in 1623 , with a view to saving his lands from the depredations of Gustavus . |
| 6 | Once you were promoted you had to go to the bar on first entering the mess and drink a pint of whatever drink you designated without taking your lips from the glass . |
| 7 | Without taking his eyes from the young pilot 's , he slid his hand across his desk until his fingers encountered a brown , official-looking envelope . |
| 8 | Ruff , Fido , ruff , get on … ’ said Piladu , without taking his eyes from the four men in uniform . |
| 9 | He nodded without taking his eyes from the spiked reel rolling below him . |
| 10 | And to the prior he said , without taking his eyes from the broken creature on the tiles of the floor , like a crushed and crumpled bird : ‘ Take him in charge . |
| 11 | He spoke without taking his eyes from the print . |
| 12 | ‘ You fret too much , ’ said Ymor , without taking his eyes from the two men opposite him . |
| 13 | Without lifting his eyes from the book he was reading he groped with his hand to find it . |
| 14 | Most speakers did this , but some still persisted in reading from a prepared script without raising their heads from the lectern . |
| 15 | ‘ You look wonderful , ’ said Camille without raising her eyes from the television set . |
| 16 | ‘ If you keep looking at me , ’ said Penry , without raising his eyes from the page , ‘ I shall go back to my room . ’ |
| 17 | Both also operated as armies had done for many previous centuries by finding their supplies from the land as they moved about . |
| 18 | This was reiterated from time to time by showing them pages from the field notes and extracts from the data . |