Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt his hands on her waist , pulling her ruthlessly away from the box so that she was forced to withdraw her hand . |
| 2 | ‘ Old Auntie Mary , she 's seventy-six you know , had a heart attack and Uncle George broke a leg getting her upstairs away from the flood water . |
| 3 | At about 50 atmospheres the carbon dioxide readily dissolves in water thus removing it almost completely from the hydrogen . |
| 4 | It would impose another tier of bureaucracy on top of local government , taking it further away from the people . |
| 5 | He seized Ruth 's shoulder , jerking her violently back from the spears ; and , stumbling , she felt the sea lap round her ankles . |