Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The fury of the attack , at least for a few seconds , drew Waldegrave from his drunken stupor .
2 Irked by the very qualities which had once so attracted him — her girlishness and inconsequential chatter — Hardy gradually excluded Emma from his professional life at a time when his fame as a novelist was steadily growing , and , from about 1890 , frankly looked outside his marriage for companionship .
3 In his last letter before his death , writing as Anselmus archiepiscopus Cantuariensis et totius Britanniae primas , with the full dignity of the primacy of all Britain , speaking on behalf of God himself ( loquens ex parte ipsius Dei ) , he suspended Thomas from his priestly office until he renounced his rebellion against the church of Canterbury .
4 For it was the Spirit who called Philip from his successful mission in Samaria to reach the Ethiopian eunuch with the gospel ( 8:29 and probably 26 ) , and led him on his further preaching tour as far as the very Hellenised city of Caesarea .
5 This time the news reached Washington from its own sources in London .
6 Frank was mentioned as one of the players lining up for the attacker spot — but Olsen chose Mjelde from our local league — top scorer this year in Norway — for the reserve spot after Fjortoft .
7 There would n't be any later , unless somehow , at the eleventh hour , I freed Karen from her sterile remorse .
8 ‘ Halt there , my lord ! ’ cried Owen from his deep cover .
9 The Colebrooke-Cameron Reforms freed Salagamas from their traditional obligations .
10 ‘ The main bloodstains are here right in front of the ‘ fridge , ’ said Montgomery from his crouched position .
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