Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him from " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 2 | This not only separates him from his brothers but also from God and is disastrous . |
| 3 | And if I handle all with my own hands , and keep the prince clear of it — though he knows my mind , and it is his mind , too — I do so to preserve him from harassment by those who will hear of nothing less than Owen 's head on London Bridge . |
| 4 | When it happened for a third time , it became remarkable enough to distract him from a rapt analysis of Heather 's reasoning . |
| 5 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 6 | The chances are that this shyness would have naturally prevented him from attaining such a high profile … but Morrissey slipped through the net and the consequences could be devastating . |
| 7 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 8 | He is a born teacher , who always keeps his pupil in mind , gently leads him from point to point and is always ready to anticipate his next question or objection . |
| 9 | If because risk had not passed to the buyer , the seller has to bear the loss , this does not necessarily excuse him from performing the contract . |
| 10 | And Mary 's condemnation was not enough to keep him from succumbing . |
| 11 | These commitments were constantly distracting him from what he called " my real , philosophical task , to which , if necessary , I must sacrifice my career " . |
| 12 | He enters me as fortress , I can only thank him from my battlements ; I am the pearl the knight must capture to win heaven and the drug that will detain him from his quest . |
| 13 | ‘ Being informed by Lord Hastings of your situation and assured by him that my lord of Gloucester intends no harm to the king your son — but , on the contrary , desires only to protect him from those who would harm him — on learning of this an hour ago whilst in my bed at York House , I at once arose and came hither . ’ |
| 14 | Many girls fell in love with him but could only admire him from afar . |
| 15 | The fact that the subject believes himself to be been falsely suspected will not necessarily protect him from criminal liability if he should over-react . |
| 16 | So Alexander worked out a technique that not only freed him from the tendency which was at the bottom of his vocal troubles , but also cured his asthma from which he had suffered from birth . |
| 17 | Yes , but this fellow you see , I said to him erm , you had a lot to do with that fellow , he 'd , he 'd been down to collect him from someone on the South Coast as well with a police of course , and I said what happened to the little girl ? he said oh she 's been in psychiatric care , care for four years |
| 18 | this is a restriction on the debtor personally preventing him from disposing of or dealing in any property owned by him . |
| 19 | She skilfully prevented him from slipping the crime prevention leaflet in at the bottom of the pile . |
| 20 | It effectively prevented him from working for another insurance company during that period . |
| 21 | What finally propelled him from his Cabinet seat on 9 January was the promulgation of a new and improvised Cabinet convention by Mrs Thatcher — that all future ministerial statements on the future of Westland would have to be cleared by the Cabinet Office . |
| 22 | Even I did not recognise him from his actions . ’ |
| 23 | leather-covered armchair , the back of which is extended to form a hood over the occupant 's head , thus protecting him from draughts in the hallway of a mansion , where the chair would be situated . |
| 24 | They just stopped him from choking the life out of bobby Carter because he had said everybody was for the war : if we did n't show them Russians what was what , who would ? |
| 25 | She takes a short cut down Avondale Road , and passes the five-bedroom detached house of Vic Wilcox without a glance , for she does not know him from Adam , and the house is outwardly no different from any of the other modern executive dwellings in this exclusive residential district : red brick and white paint , ‘ Georgian ’ windows , a tarmac drive and double garage , a burglar alarm prominently displayed on the front elevation . ) |
| 26 | Electoral law does not forbid him from describing himself as Conservative but his rival , Mr Gerry Malone , will describe himself on the ballot paper as The Conservative Party Candidate . |
| 27 | He was not at all impressed by her explanation that it was just to eliminate him from their inquiries . |
| 28 | She told me just to feed him from the other side , so I did , fully expecting my right breast to explode , but it did n't ! |
| 29 | This does not prevent him from honouring English writing when it is honourable ; for instance Binyon 's Dante , Rouse 's Homer , the early books of Adrian Stokes , and the poems of Basil Bunting . |
| 30 | It could not prevent him from having doubts . |