Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] us from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our footsteps echoed as though there were other people walking to meet us from the far end . |
| 2 | She 's come to visit us from London . ’ |
| 3 | It is a difficult process , since it has to be directed against one 's mental processes , which are designed to protect us from an alien world . |
| 4 | Billy was a tower of strength in Palace 's two years in the 1st Division , 1979–81 , missing only five of our 84 games there , and then his sturdy and dependable displays helped to keep us from further embarrassment after we had returned to Division Two , so that every Palace fan was sorry to see Billy opt to leave us for Portsmouth in the 1984 close season . |
| 5 | Quite possibly he wants to shield us from the fact |
| 6 | It is right that in the negotiations , which must remain confidential , they should seek to prevent us from going too far too soon . |
| 7 | We left the trees and walked now between high stands of phragmites and reedmace , pausing at a reed screen positioned to hide us from sight . |
| 8 | However , rather than serving to dissuade us from finding some base for the notion of students ' academic freedom , the epistemological grounding of the German universities holds some definite clues that are worth pursuing . |
| 9 | Comforts and consolations may appear to wean us from the gifts to the Giver . |
| 10 | ‘ They are attempting to drive us from the Highlands , but they can not . |
| 11 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |
| 12 | Most of us have a major problem when faced by a very unpleasant character who is screaming like an animal or explaining how he is going to separate us from parts of our body . |
| 13 | ‘ It is certainly not going to deter us from going , but we are aware that there could be problems . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd like to tell us from the beginning , ’ said Montgomery softly . |
| 15 | By denying the existence of administrative law in the face of the structural pressures for the growth in administration , the influence which Dicey 's theory had on political and legal thought served to shield us from the realities and to prevent us from addressing the issues raised by these developments in a constructive fashion . |
| 16 | But what evidence has emerged about dietary fibre certainly puts it among the ‘ good guys ’ , helping to protect us from heart disease , as opposed to the ‘ bad guys ’ like animal fats and smoking . |
| 17 | My brother , sister and I have made lots of friends whilst we have been down there , but it only really started to fascinate us from about 2 or 3 years ago , before then we had just been interested in swimming , going into the amusements and going to the beach etc . |
| 18 | God means to free us from the bondage to the self-centredness and self-vindication which marked us in the old days , and has equipped us with the Spirit of the Messiah to set us free to serve him unselfconsciously , effectively and joyfully . |
| 19 | What moral blight upon the fair youth or our city will they offer to free us from next , I wonder . |
| 20 | OK , so Lawrence is enjoying himself pissing in the Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Hall Of Fame but , as the tacky synth gurgles and the Glitter beat stomps and Jonathan 's ‘ Roadrunner ’ is dusted down and ‘ Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep ’ is sampled just to bring that blood to boiling , this uppity little Brummie is trying to liberate us from history , to open our possibilities , to help each and every one of us lay claim to our own personally honest musical heritage . |
| 21 | Summing up , we are concerned that the recession continued to prevent us from contributing to the funds of the RIBA at the same levels as in 1989 and 1990 and are far from complacent about this situation . |
| 22 | It 's a new secret organization of nationalists and patriots working to free us from the French ! " |