Example sentences of "[be] [verb] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The priest was the only one who could declare a person to be healed from their leprosy . |
| 2 | ‘ The plane will be guarded from its arrival in Paris , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Each branch of the fungus must be traced from its source to the growing tip , and finishes should be opened up to reveal timber 1/2m ( 1–1/2ft ) beyond the affected material . |
| 4 | ‘ Thanks , Henry , ’ he would say , in a tone that indicated this might well be the last drink he would be accepting from his friend , ‘ thanks ! ’ |
| 5 | Rather , she more bravely assumes that by repulsing him , she will be dismissed from her position and never see him again . |
| 6 | Reason said he could n't possibly have any recollection of a nineteen-year-old nobody he had once caused to be dismissed from her first job , but the knowledge of her bones was stronger . |
| 7 | Michael Friend can no longer command respect and should be dismissed from his £30,000 chief executive post , according to Tories at Gosport , Hants . |
| 8 | In the United Kingdom , an employee can be dismissed from his job unceremoniously , but he can not be prevented from working elsewhere , nor can his employer throw him out of his house . |
| 9 | Can he be dismissed from his judicial office , and if so by whom ? |
| 10 | He was becoming increasingly conscious of the existence of something at the core — in fact , a suspicion , a threat , which must at all costs be shielded from his probes . |
| 11 | He promised a " merciless " campaign against Hamas , but gave an assurance that his government would not be diverted from its commitment to the ongoing Middle East peace talks . |
| 12 | In a belated attempt at conciliation , the Japanese Government announced in mid September that the drift-net fleet in the Tasman Sea for the 1989–90 season would be reduced to 20 vessels , in the hope that the South Pacific nations could be diverted from their diplomatic assault . |
| 13 | They were hounded day and night but would not be diverted from their mission . |
| 14 | The men 's feelings were not so well defined and they were not to be diverted from their search for tea . |
| 15 | His uncle 's testy interruption is followed by a more dramatic one as Admiralty orders arrive for Septimus to join the frigate Althea as junior midshipman ; but , not to be diverted from his experiment , he uses a similar home-made bomb to good effect when the coach is held up by highwaymen on the Portsmouth road . |
| 16 | Otherwise she 'd be banished from our house ! |
| 17 | The ferment of the I 9605 and early I 9705 could hardly be guessed from its otherwise admirable pages , and the document remains the culmination of the lifetime devotion of eminent , elderly and retired authors . |
| 18 | He was respectful but unalarmed when the King appeared and after a moment 's silence he chose to laugh at the likeness and the revelation that they were distant cousins ; indeed , so little was Rassendyll impressed that he noted that the King 's mouth lacked ‘ something of the firmness ( or obstinacy ) which was to be gathered from my close-shutting lips ’ . |
| 19 | But all the evidence to be gathered from his colourful career points to only one possible conclusion . |
| 20 | I do n't know if Buddy will be coming , she does n't want to be parted from her chariot . |
| 21 | The reluctance of a secretary to be parted from her boss was a flattering affirmation of personal dedication . |
| 22 | Joy 's mother says that she ca n't bear to be parted from her daughter and grandchildren again . |
| 23 | Opening night at the Macintyre gallery brought a full house and the first buyer , the Duchess of York , could n't ; would n't be parted from her favourite picture . |
| 24 | Certainly , while he is alive , Shaposhnikov the cappy man refuses to be parted from his headgear ; he grabs it when he determines to leave , and he drops it when he is persuaded to stay . |
| 25 | The latest production to have commenced shooting in Dublin is ‘ Into The West ’ , the story of a re-housed gypsy who refuses to be parted from his horse — despite the fact that he has been moved to a high rise block . |
| 26 | But it is hard to be parted from my child . ’ |
| 27 | At the time I could n't bear to be parted from my new little owl . |
| 28 | Not quite as bad as I have seen on our modern commuter stations , but we were jam packed and could not be parted from our scant luggage . |
| 29 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 30 | Any existing members who believe they qualify for this new rating category from the 1st May next should contact the Autocover staff at Frank Glennon Limited who will arrange for their premiums to be adjusted from their next renewal date . |