Example sentences of "[pers pn] from [verb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It seems to me from looking at the figures within the projections that what North Yorkshire are are planning is that we 'll have a return to that widening black area that 's part of that particular diagram .
2 By the testimonies of such as rugby 's Gareth Chilcott and boxing 's Frank Bruno , to name but two of many who have acknowledged how sport saved them from going off the rails as youngsters , it can claim an increasingly influential niche in society .
3 Two of them were wearing navy-blue men 's overcoats that must have been the crew 's , holding the ends carefully to save them from trailing on the stairs .
4 As I mentioned earlier , they glide round in an arc and it is a hell of a job to prevent them from plunging into the weeds some way along your own bank .
5 Has he considered whether the western powers should purchase some of those warheads to prevent them from falling into the hands of non-nuclear powers that have no idea how to maintain or destroy them ?
6 Keeping him from snapping at the heels of Normandy is bad enough . ’
7 In some species the male will also take an active part in egg care , in other the female will reject him and prevent him from attending to the eggs .
8 But only stubborn pride and the knowledge that Giles 's monstrous accusations were totally unfounded prevented her from fleeing to the Ladies ’ .
9 Summing up , we are concerned that the recession continued to prevent us from contributing to the funds of the RIBA at the same levels as in 1989 and 1990 and are far from complacent about this situation .
10 Two young , fit squaddies desperately need the help of any females from 16 to 55 to save us from this dull and boring existence- Please , please keep us from talking to the penguins any longer — write now !
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