Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] from [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime . |
| 2 | When it happened for a third time , it became remarkable enough to distract him from a rapt analysis of Heather 's reasoning . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 4 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
| 5 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 6 | They should all have them from a similar area because most of the time they say oh well they live so far away |
| 7 | I had better take one from a Conservative Member now . |
| 8 | No , I think that I had better take one from the Scottish National party . |
| 9 | It was all to save me from the Fiery Pit . |
| 10 | I er I can only write it from a Jewish perspective , it 's the perspective I stand at , but it seems to me that beyond a few superficialities there is no such thing as Jewish spiritual truth any more than there is Jewish mathematical truth . |
| 11 | These sections naturally follow one from the other , and thus the organization of the headings in these two chapters follows patterns . |
| 12 | A close associate of the President , he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party , the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution ( AREMA ) . |
| 13 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 14 | In non-metropolitan England and Wales and in Scotland , housing is allocated to the districts , thus separating it from the personal social services . |
| 15 | The control exercised by Mosca 's ‘ ruling class ’ is held to be assured by the organisational capacity of the ruling minority : this is the basis of their power and the characteristic that best distinguishes them from the disorganised and powerless majority . |
| 16 | And since the effect would be to put off the catastrophe indefinitely , since Capitalism could now continue by reason of policies which provided also a solution to the problem of unemployment , Empirical Socialism need no longer distinguish itself from the Marxist version solely by the method and pace of change , by being evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 17 | In the meantime , he has given the socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 18 | In the meantime , he has given the Socialists a much-needed shot in the arm which might just save them from the total disaster they were expecting next month . |
| 19 | Fewer and fewer Labour people can any longer distract themselves from the common assertion that Mr Kinnock is surrounded by men who are more able and winning than he is . |
| 20 | He sort of bounced off the wall as if he was on a piece of elastic and someone had just yanked it from the other end . |
| 21 | The team was able to win some very prestigious senior assignments during this time , deliberately dissociating itself from the wholesale movement of dealing and broking teams , an aspect of search of which GKR strongly disapprove . |
| 22 | Gradually the technique develops its own style , moving away from red-figure as red-figure had early freed itself from the black figure tradition ; only white-ground long remains no more than a sideline of red-figure painters . |
| 23 | I think they might … they still owe us from the famous Wembley farce in the 70's . |
| 24 | In adopting this chic mode of expression , the nouveau riche was effectively distinguishing itself from the traditional middle classes while at the same time flaunting the fact that it had connoisseurship and taste . |
| 25 | By the late 1960s all of the orthodox parties , with the partial exception of Colombia , had clearly distanced themselves from the armed struggle . |
| 26 | Whatever else was said , it was vital for Russian socialists clearly to dissociate themselves from the Tsarist record : |
| 27 | Sufferers frequently know the exact time of their last drink and may remember their very first introduction to alcohol as a very special experience , something that may clearly differentiate them from the non-addictive population . |
| 28 | They carefully distanced themselves from the dirty work , but did n't hesitate to employ his services . |
| 29 | Regional roots aside , the band always wisely distanced themselves from the now-dead scene — but , as Andy candidly remarks , ‘ everybody said that , did n't they ? |
| 30 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |