Example sentences of "could not [verb] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could not stand from a sitting position without using his arms and walked with difficulty unsupported . |
| 2 | But he could not recover from the wound inflicted by the man once so close to him . |
| 3 | But he could not recover from the wound inflicted by the man once so close to him . |
| 4 | A female employee 's husband and her family could not benefit from the scheme after she had retired . |
| 5 | He wished to redeem his warhorse by the gift of one hundred pieces of gold , but the enchanted steed could not move from the stable till the price of his redemption had been doubled . |
| 6 | There are two rooms at the front and two at the back on each floor , and although you could not tell from the outside , the first floor rooms are a foot higher than those below . |
| 7 | In the first place , it was not correct to regard the quota system as secondary legislation , which , as such , could not derogate from the E.E.C . |
| 8 | However , we could not conclude from the equation that one molecule of hydrogen , H2 , collides with one molecule of bromine , Br2 , to produce two molecules of HBr . |
| 9 | The gravitational field of the singularity would be so strong that light could not escape from the region around it but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 10 | By the time that you have battled against the wind to get there , you may find that it has some hazard that you could not see from a distance , and then there may be no other good field within reach . |
| 11 | She could not keep from the house on the bay but went late for a brief evening swim and , elated with resolution , left soon after dinner . |
| 12 | She could not turn from the destiny that had been alotted to her . |
| 13 | A knee injury denied Pears a piece of the action as Boro celebrated promotion at Wolves , but that could not detract from the elation he and his teammates experienced in reaching the Premier League . |
| 14 | Compared with the prolonged torment and mutilations of life on the ground , the knowledge that a pilot 's expectancy of survival was far poorer even than a machine-gunner 's could not detract from the infantryman 's envy ; even though death commonly meant being burned alive , at least it was quick , clean — and witnessed by thousands . |