Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [v-ing] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch . |
| 2 | Instinctively he waved it from his face before getting to his feet and brushing it from the lapels of his overcoat . |
| 3 | But what this meant in reality was recruiting a thin stratum of educated and loyal workers and removing them from the factory floor . |
| 4 | The Temperance Society meeting on the village green in the hope of turning the local ungodly into Christians and freeing them from the ‘ demon drink ’ . |
| 5 | She closed her eyes and rethought them , blanking their memories and recreating them from the emptiness up . |
| 6 | He swore softly , colourfully , his face like granite as he swept a gaze round the room before lifting her into his arms and carrying her from the house . |
| 7 | The dietary regime began with a three-day wash-out period on freshly prepared fruit and vegetable juices , aimed at mobilizing toxic accumulations and eliminating them from the body . |