Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [adv] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANDREW put down his binoculars and moved away from the grey lace that hung from the curve of the curtain-wire in front of his window . |
| 2 | The visor of black patent leather … continued on page 11 green underneath , rounded , and sloping downward from the horizontal … four black metal eyelets for ventilation , two on each side , placed above the band ; a cap cord of gold bullion ⅛ inch in diameter , secured at both ends by small regulation buttons … a band of lustrous black mohair braid … |
| 3 | The machinery was of mainly wooden construction and dated largely from the 18th century . |
| 4 | Barton did not care for Indian food and ate sparingly from the vegetarian buffet . |
| 5 | She attempted to shift her gaze and break away from the invisible hold he had on her . |
| 6 | ‘ And walk away from the best chance we 've had in years to complete the mission ? ’ |
| 7 | Guests at the Pineta share the landscaped gardens and benefit equally from the excellent service and comforts enjoyed by those staying in the main building . |
| 8 | The house was becoming smaller now and distant , and he had the impression that he was being drawn away from it , and drawn away from the living warm world he had known . |
| 9 | ‘ Push me down it , more like , ’ he grunted , and turned away from the spectacular aerial view , feeling dizzy . |
| 10 | We shuddered in the lurid light and turned away from the brooding peaks to north and east . |
| 11 | She bit her lip and turned away from the older nurse . |
| 12 | Newman spotted the track leading off to the right and swung away from the main road . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , Christ , ’ said Evans , letting his shoulders sag as he turned and walked away from the open door . |
| 14 | The number of items prescribed differed across the age bands ( table I ) with a small peak in patients under 5 years old and rising rapidly from the 5–16 to 75–84 age groups . |
| 15 | It is clear that the warp and woof of everyday life in stepfamilies differs from that of unbroken families not merely because of external constraints which frustrate the efforts of those who may seek , as some do , to recast their family lives in the mould of the nuclear family , but that family norms themselves may also be markedly altered , tempered to fit the limits of the new situation and fabricated anew from the post-marital residue of family beliefs and sentiments . |
| 16 | In parallel with this study , a survey was undertaken by Lending Services to establish the current views of Scottish libraries on the Scottish Fiction Reserve ( which is separate from and arranged differently from the English fiction reserves ) . |
| 17 | We were given humour to discern our own ridiculous airs and pomposities , and it is even valuable in the transcendent lest we lose ourselves in arrogance and pride and stray far from the real beauty of life . |
| 18 | Its co-founder and leading spirit is an Afrikaner farmer , Mr Dirk Mudge , who foresaw by a dozen years that his people would need allies for survival , and broke away from the whites-only Nationalist party to find black and brown ones . |
| 19 | Touching and massaging away from the genital area . |
| 20 | Genoa , lively port and city of irrepressible energy , is an exciting town squeezed between sea and mountain and rises dramatically from the pungent port to the elegant palazzi . |
| 21 | Try to split the rice , nan or chapati with someone — and keep away from the fried parathas ! |
| 22 | Although the threat of having to meet Rohan had been removed , the wedding was still going to be an ordeal for her , and she 'd been sorely tempted to plead sudden illness and stay away from the actual ceremony and celebrations . |
| 23 | ( And stay away from the luscious Caesar salad — the calories lurking in the Parmesan , egg yolk , oil and garlic croutons are alarming . ) |
| 24 | These are termed high amplitude propagated contractions , or giant migrating contractions and differ greatly from the segmenting pressure activity that normally predominates . |
| 25 | to use trip chain analysis to identify categories of travel that are amenable to analysis and modelling separately from the main peak-hour movements . |
| 26 | The search for spirituality can become diverted also into cults or fascination with the occult , and if it avoids these dangers it can become simply another form of aesthetic experience and move away from the major religious traditions , so that the arts become a kind of substitute for religion . |
| 27 | Adrian Pilkington 's " Poetic Effects : A Relevance Theory Perspective " challenges the conventionalist position and moves away from the social relativity of the definition of literature . |
| 28 | a section of text marked off by rules or white space and presented separately from the main text and illustrations . |
| 29 | The sounds produced by this rack are certainly impressive , although I must say that to try and get away from the overall processed sound was almost impossible . |
| 30 | Even so , this performance kept dipping and swerving from the plot and meandering away from the emotional core of her music . |