Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] from the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the firm he works for won the contract for the Statue of Liberty , it has been responsible for protecting her from the ravages of harsh Atlantic weather . |
| 2 | LITTLE Miss Bossy Emma Gardner keeps a firm grip on her brother after saving him from the clutches of a child abductor . |
| 3 | But since she had wrecked Luke 's plans for a country weekend with Lexy , and deprived him of the possibility of replacing her from the ranks of his unofficial harem , perhaps it was hardly surprising that he should demand that she herself should fill the gap . |
| 4 | To find the benefits of religion , we have to find some way of separating it from the institutions which claim to represent it . |
| 5 | Today , the medical establishment , in both Britain and America , is of the opinion that dietary fibre is of value in protecting us from the diseases of modern Western civilization . |
| 6 | In the case of the elder James Stephen 's commitment to antislavery , it came after the experience of working in the West Indies as a lawyer , but more precisely , that experience helped direct into antislavery the expression of his gratitude ‘ for the infinite mercy of God ’ in extricating him from the depths of sin brought on by sexual passion and setting him on the path of prosperity and happiness . |
| 7 | So free it from the edge of the sinker plate that it 's on , but without freeing it from the wheels and brushes beneath the sinker plate . |
| 8 | So tightly can Loricariids sucker themselves with their flattened mouths that their mouths would actually be torn by attempts at removing them from the logs . |
| 9 | In the United States , Australia and other parts of the world , deposits are secondary and are mined with much less disturbance by digging them from the sites to which natural processes have moved them . |