Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] from a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , it was all too immediate , though some of us kept diaries , ; now we select and interpret looking back from a different Personal life and a very different political time . )
2 Try jumping down from a low platform , landing with bent knees .
3 Obviously there are other aspects of intelligent behaviour , some of which Bali may discourage ; perhaps a time will come when he tells himself ‘ I 've run away from a big world to a little one , I was wrong ’ .
4 Across ashen , unredeemable scenes , Shakespeare 's words resound with redoubled force and humanity ; they sound almost ironic , in their fruitless reaching towards the images and emotions which have drained away from a soulless , monochrome universe .
5 The use of ‘ strong ’ is significant because we have moved now from a weak , lifeless stance to a healthier , more robust one .
6 It is with considerable regret that I now have to tell the general assembly that although other parts of the Board 's work , and the Board 's investicl invested capital have performed well from a financial point of view , the anticipated deficit on thirty eight eventide homes has been sustained .
7 Over the next 10 years , we need to move away from a production-based support mechanism to a mechanism that supports environmental protection .
8 The boundaries have changed markedly from a close affinity with physical science ( providing an understanding of theory and explanation ) to a close affinity with engineering ( knowing what , and how , specifying , designing solutions to specific technical problems , and technology ) .
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