Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [verb] from [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Rehabilitation medicine ’ at least sounds more positive , provided that it is recognised to mean far more than physical therapy and more than helping someone to recover from a single injury or illness . |
| 2 | If an accident happens as a result of driving which deviates from the proper standard , then that may well be a case of negligence even if the driver had never thought of the risk in that particular case , because the driver is presumed to know the Highway Code . |
| 3 | Our degree of enthusiasm at meeting someone varies from a flat ‘ hullo ’ , to a higher and more enthusiastic whinny ! |
| 4 | The Marian-centred approach has produced writing which ranges from the absurd and lurid to the scholarly and balanced — about Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 5 | 1981 No. 1687 ( L.20 ) ) , specifically Ord. 29 , rr. 1 , 2 , 3 , and 6 , where there has been an injunction enjoining someone to abstain from a particular act , the judge still has a discretion notwithstanding the absence of a penal notice to make an order of committal if he is satisfied that the persons who are the subject of the notice were made aware of the existence of the order . |
| 6 | Some mothers held their children tightly , letting them watch from a safe distance but not too close . |
| 7 | Having himself come from a close family he did not at first regard his wife 's involvement with Chloe as unusual . |
| 8 | All , though much preoccupied with perception , are silent on the paradox in perceiving which results from a chicken-egg situation , namely , that we can only perceive what we attend to , and we can only attend to what we perceive . |
| 9 | It is an area I do not know and the reason for choosing it came from a close friend who has put up with the knowledge of my obsession for many years now and still remains the closest of friends . |
| 10 | She sucked again from the tea-bulb , feeling its plastic smoothness dent as it emptied , knowing it came from a floating colony like she did but not knowing why it should be used on a steady-gravity planet like Mars . |
| 11 | Vincent made a start by setting himself exercises from a popular drawing manual , the Cours de Dessin Bargue , and by painstakingly copying prints . |