Example sentences of "[verb] from him by " in BNC.
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1 | He felt at rest , the dark weight of tension lifted from him by the woman . |
2 | He watched her dab her cheeks , then wipe her eyes , his heart torn from him by the tiny shudder she gave . |
3 | ‘ The great landowner seems to reign there like the lion in his forest , driving from him by his roars all who seek to approach his presence . ’ |
4 | A log jam at Barashevo , as if this forgotten end of the world was a metropolis of movement and then he looked again at the huddle of prisoners separated from him by two lines of uniformed guards . |
5 | It is notable too that this liberal interpretation is proposed by the jurist , and merely adopted from him by the emperor . |
6 | He said she was jealous that her husband had taken another girlfriend and was encouraged to split from him by her parents . |
7 | A recipe for it or a description of this beguiling dish of peppers , onions , tomatoes and eggs appears in every one of his books , even down to the booklet commissioned from him by the Romary biscuit firm and which sold for sixpence . |
8 | The solicitor , for example , when interviewing a client has to draw from him by questions many legally relevant facts that the client has not thought of disclosing . |
9 | On 20 December Pope Clement V was persuaded to issue a Bull , declaring that the concessions Edward had made had been unjustly extorted from him by force , were incompatible with his coronation oath to defend the honour and rights of the Crown , and were therefore null and void . |
10 | As Denton has shown , Winchelsey had used Clericis Laicos tactically to keep the king at bay while evading the full implications of that bull — that the pope alone could give consent ; Edward spent the last years of his reign dexterously reversing this and nullifying the commitments which appeared to have been extracted from him by the Confirmation of the Charters in 1297 . |
11 | If he had not actually gone into the room he would not have seen Gina ; she was standing against one of the bookcases hidden from him by the open door . |
12 | A purchaser of land might well be uneasy if he knew that , even if he had no notice of a trust , the land could be recovered from him by a trustee . |
13 | The same note , perhaps struck from him by Loyola 's Exercises , is often heard in Lassus 's motets — in ‘ Infelix ego ’ and ‘ Timor et tremor ’ , both from the Sacrae Cantiones of 1566 , to take only two examples out of many — in the Lamentationes of 1585 , and in his very last composition , the already mentioned Lagrime di San Pietro . |
14 | 32 ( 1 ) Subject to subsection ( 3 ) below , where in the case of any action for which a period of limitation is prescribed by this Act , either — ( a ) the action is based upon the fraud of the defendant ; or ( b ) any fact relevant to the plaintiff 's right of action has been deliberately concealed from him by the defendant ; or ( c ) the action is for relief from the consequences of a mistake ; the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud , concealment or mistake ( as the case may be ) or could with reasonable diligence have discovered it … |
15 | Again , on the face of the statute , I can not see any reason why in this case the constable should do more than tell the driver the reason under section 7(3) why breath specimens can not be taken or used ; tell him that in these circumstances he is required to give a specimen of blood or urine but that it is for the constable to decide which ; warn him that a failure to provide the specimen required may render him liable to prosecution ; and then , if the constable decides to require blood , ask the driver if there are any reasons why a specimen can not or should not be taken from him by a doctor . |
16 | His goodwill with those customers belonged to him and can not reasonably be taken from him by a covenant of this kind . |
17 | At paragraph 1497 , it is stated that in larceny the owner of the thing stolen has no intention to part with his property therein to the person taking it , although he may intend to part with the possession ; in false pretences the owner does intend to part with his property in the money or chattel , but it is obtained from him by fraud . |
18 | For example X may agree to sell to Y ‘ the Morris car , registration number ABC 123 , at present in the ownership of Q and to be acquired from him by X. ’ This is a contract for the sale of specific goods . |
19 | Only very occasionally is it possible to read between the lines , as in one instance at South Luffenham , where Henry Bonytt , as the sole tenant of freeholder Edward Sapcote , presumably held a lease ; he also had 10s. a year in land and a subtenant called William Clark , who must mutatis mutandis have held from him by lease , if not from year to year . |