Example sentences of "[vb pp] from [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chalets on the lower ground nearest the beach were liable to flood and more than once young children had to be lifted from their beds in the middle of the night . |
| 2 | Often the counsellor of ageing people will experience this when , after talking with them for a short period , many of the pressures and worries appear to be visibly lifted from their shoulders . |
| 3 | ‘ The teachers , the social workers and the carers who deliver the services at the sharp end need the overbearing weight of the county bureaucracy lifted from their shoulders . ’ |
| 4 | The new 45 , lifted from their Number One ‘ Wish ’ LP , is backed with two exclusive tracks , ‘ Halo ’ on 7″ and cassette formats , plus ‘ Scared As You ’ on 12″ and CD , and issued through Fiction on May 15 . |
| 5 | It shocked her , for it was just the same , as if memory had now been lifted from her head and unfolded in front of her . |
| 6 | ‘ How are you this morning ? ’ enquired Melissa , holding out a hand for Snappy to lick and noticing with relief that some of the strain had lifted from her friend 's face . |
| 7 | Later she phoned to tell me how much lighter she felt , as if a burden had somehow been lifted from her shoulders . |
| 8 | Since their move , the wife has felt a burden lifted from her shoulders , and has been restored to her former carefree self . |
| 9 | With her schooldays behind her , Diana felt as if some great weight had been lifted from her shoulders . |
| 10 | There was a short pause , during which Juliet felt as if an incredible weight had lifted from her shoulders . |
| 11 | As his hand lifted from her neck she looked up . |
| 12 | A great weight was lifted from her mind . |
| 13 | A great weight lifted from her mind . |
| 14 | The bandages were lifted from her face . |
| 15 | At the mechanical bay the engine is lifted from its casing and dismantled . |
| 16 | Carrying an oil lamp , lifted from its brass standard , Robert lighted their way . |
| 17 | In the Rohan Hours , produced for Yolande of Aragon between c.1418–25 and now in the Bibliothèque Nationale , Paris , the shroud is shown as a loose sheet , almost as if the dead man had been lifted from his bed and placed into his coffin ; no attempt has been made to mould the cloth about the body or to position the limbs . |
| 18 | And Pearce was being somehow lifted from his feet , still squashed against the glass , hands and feet drumming in a frenzy against the windows . |
| 19 | Tolonen bowed his head , all heaviness suddenly lifted from his heart . |
| 20 | He was taller than any human being she had ever seen , and his hair , a pale gold streaked with silver , seemed to be lifted from his brow in a wind she could n't feel . |
| 21 | It struck him like fire , and the scales were lifted from his eyes . |
| 22 | For the first time in months the cloud had lifted from his spirits , the tightness in his stomach vanished . |
| 23 | This was , apparently , a burden lifted from his mind . |
| 24 | He looked at Pauline Simonescu , and felt a great and total relief , as if a burden of enormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders . |
| 25 | Clause 3 imposes a number of obligations on Overdrive , including paying the drivers on hire , accounting for national insurance contributions , making necessary deductions for Inland Revenue purposes and keeping records of payments ; it is a welcome relief for the haulier to have these administrative tasks lifted from his shoulders . |
| 26 | He felt suddenly light , as though the burden of the last few days had suddenly lifted from his shoulders . |
| 27 | He looked as though he 'd lost twenty years , as though a ten-ton weight had been lifted from his shoulders . |
| 28 | That time was lifted from my feet as I hurtled backwards . |
| 29 | It was only to Pam that I admitted to feeling guilty and ashamed of the wave of relief I felt at her funeral , as though a weight had been lifted from my shoulders . |
| 30 | I tell you this : if anyone says to this mountain , ‘ Be lifted from your place and hurled into the sea , ’ and has no inward doubts , but believes that what he says is happening , it will be done for him ’ ( Mark 11:23 ) . |