Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Remember when you were delivering boots for me and that boy took them from you , how did you feel then , Will ? ’ |
| 2 | All bad spirits travel in straight lines from the south , and that mountain prevents them from entering the Imperial City . " |
| 3 | One of the two largest owls of the region , an enormous , almost eagle-sized bird , the prominent ear-tufts and facial disc distinguishing it from all diurnal birds of prey . |
| 4 | Only our deplorable ignorance of Carthaginian and Parthian jokes prevents us from assessing the local reactions to " pergraecari " , a word which Festus explains as " epulis et potationibus inservire " ( p. 235 L. ) . |
| 5 | I said there were the that county record form and this man asked me from the museum that handled it if he could send them back to erm to Wiltshire . |
| 6 | Monica Shorten : ‘ My only regret is that the rival claims of the science departments and university clubs and social life distracted me from taking full advantage of my time in such an interesting community . ’ |
| 7 | What in our political and cultural traditions prevent us from having a ‘ pro-people ’ health service — and society for that matter ? |
| 8 | WILLIAMS : I know now how to express myself , but I really know but one effectual and honourable way to disengage yourself from the dangerous situation you are in . |
| 9 | The minister was not an opera-lover himself , but many of the congregation were , and such blasphemies distracted them from their devotions into vying with each other to identify the operatic intrusions . |
| 10 | Redken would recommend a new permanent wave called TRUST which combines both acid and alkaline ingredients to create anything from a soft body wave to springy , resilient curls . |
| 11 | There were indeed some who shook their heads and moaned , but on the whole buoyancy , bullishness and general enthusiasm hit me from all sides . |
| 12 | Water voles have fairly specialized habitat needs : rivers or streams with steep banks and thick vegetation to protect them from birds of prey . |
| 13 | These and other caveats prevent me from giving an unqualified recommendation to this new disc . |
| 14 | However , on the following day the Tadjik CP first secretary Kakhar Makhkamov , Supreme Soviet Presidium President Gaibnazar Pallayev and Prime Minister Izatullo Khayeyev all announced that they would remain in office until the Tadjik CP and Supreme Soviet released them from their duties . |
| 15 | She knew how to listen with active goodwill , while at the same time her sceptical and meditative temperament saved her from any impulse to change or manipulate clients . |
| 16 | Thank you for drawing my attention to your proposed exhibition , I did indeed receive your telephone message , but other pressures prevented me from responding to it before you had also handed in your portfolio . |
| 17 | Also in 1834 , his supposed misdemeanours forgiven and his contribution to Canada already recognised , he was appointed Superintendent of the British America Land Company , formed to develop the eastern lands of Quebec but bad health prevented him from taking up the appointment . |