Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dinner , the talk , the songs , the enviable lovingness of George and Catherine would be a memory , happy , but cut off from her own life as clearly as the fell top was separated from the lake . |
| 2 | Furthermore , the Central Powers were virtually besieged and cut off from their new ally , Turkey , which had entered the war in October 1914 . |
| 3 | The pebble beach is dirtier than they realize but when they stand up from it clinging shell-dust and subversive oil-slicks and persistent grime will fall away from their white robes , leaving them untouched , pristine , still-saintly . |
| 4 | The English colonies looked rather like colonies of the Greek type , where emigrants set out from their native city to launch a new city and , while often cherishing a deep affection for the city that they had left , did not acknowledge a political obligation to obey it . |
| 5 | Start listening to the subtle thoughts and feelings , the slight shifts in energy , which bubble up from your inner self . |
| 6 | ‘ I keep the arms still and move off from your downstage shoulder . |
| 7 | ‘ All the social workers come in from their comfortable homes in the suburbs , while the priest actually lives in the parish . |
| 8 | ‘ You reach down from your exalted position , beyond their understanding , and put your — the things on the ends of your forelimbs … . ’ |
| 9 | Private contractors take over from them next month , and have said they wo n't take on Tony and George Sabin . |
| 10 | If they come out from their defensive withdrawal and hesitantly accept the affection they are likely to need to test it out , to see whether it can withstand some heavy strain or whether , like past ties , it can be broken . |
| 11 | Can the Directors of the Court of the Bank see down from their lofty offices to the struggles that the Bank Assistants endure/ Is it possible that the clouds get in the way ? |