Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [adv] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authorities had compounded their unpopularity among radicals by appearing to draw back from reform after publishing the emancipation statutes . |
| 2 | The main objective , if they could not in fact capture Balliol , was to frighten him , give him warning to keep away from Scotland in future , and show Dacre and the North of England generally that if they aided Edward Plantagenet , they were vulnerable to dire reprisals . |
| 3 | It is now , perhaps , fitting to turn away from stories of poverty and squalor , for although sickness and misery abounded and early death a commonplace of everyday existence , there were , in fact , social developments of a positive nature in the parish . |
| 4 | THAT MEANS THAT NO MATTER where you live , you 're going to stop overnight from time to time . |
| 5 | Government forces were also attempting to move southwards from Wau towards Tambura . |
| 6 | ‘ It still leaves the business of you having to come home from Dublin on the bus every night , ’ Eve said . |