Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] [adj] from " in BNC.

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1 You could try winding your own from one of the kits available .
2 MUSIC lovers were yesterday told how to make ‘ significant ’ savings on compact discs by ordering them direct from the US .
3 We still charge the same interest rate that the bank would do because of course it 's costing us that from from the bank on our own funds .
4 Across the Sound of Harris the going was rough ; we had a large following sea with waves aided by the wind and the flood around Berneray , pushing us both from behind and from a broad reach angle .
5 If you grow houseplants try propagating your own from cuttings rather than buying more .
6 She only knew that from the moment she had stepped on to Danish soil she 'd been caught up in circumstances over which she had no control , but which appeared moment by moment to be leading her further from her original purpose .
7 THIS IS N.U.J REPORTING NOTHING LIVE FROM NOWHERE .
8 With the family reaching working age it seemed sensible to take advantage of the expanding market for organic produce and increase the chances of supporting them all from the farm .
9 The acquisition of grave-clothes did not need to wait until death , and many a young bride-to-be , especially in the more remote country areas , included such items in their trousseaus , either buying them ready-made from one of the known outlets , or having them made by a local seamstress , or producing them herself .
10 At this stage Castro , at least in public , was holding himself aloof from two disputing tendencies which had emerged from the various parties to the revolution .
11 The rat-teeth missed her but caught her robe , slashing it open from hip to ankle , revealing a long and shapely leg .
12 The language helper is the expert on his/her language do not rebuke him/her for saying something different from the day before — there must be a reason ( if you were right in your observation ) .
13 Is it your intention that Policy E two should be interpreted as saying anything different from what is in section two of P P G seven which covers
14 She was a woman from an age quite different from Erika 's own ; separated by a gulf , a measureless chasm of experience distancing them each from the other as surely as though they were beings from two different planets .
15 The Mamur Zapt was in charge of law and order in Cairo and that meant keeping the city quiet and stopping them all from getting at each other 's throats .
16 They were evidently hearing something different from the rest of us now , for we would watch them slow-dance to the fastest beat , and then , on the next record , see them execute perfect and elaborate improvised arabesques , all fast footwork and impassioned arms , in the gaps of a slow blues .
17 Father Peter handed them their cloaks , taking his own from a wooden peg , and they followed him out into the cold .
18 I was lying on the grass , seeing it all from a low angle , Gómez moving in and Ward turning on him .
19 I saved money on cot sheets by making my own from single sheets .
20 She shook her head , retrieving her own from the pocket in her petticoats .
21 Is he trying to be helpful by making himself different from McQueen ?
22 The therapist should prepare the patient for termination by making it clear from the first interview that a relatively short period of treatment is planned .
23 Thinking himself safe from the law Koresh committed more excesses .
24 This Jesus you handed over to be crucified , but God raised him from death , setting him free from its power .
25 The trash , getting ready to protest at this change in plans and then his jaw dropping at his first sight of Lucy ; getting into the cab with him , knowing what she was doing but somehow feeling that she was watching it all from somewhere else .
26 ‘ Have you been using anything different from usual ? ’ she asked .
27 And these fanatics were at home , dismantling their stereo power amps and mounting them equidistant from their speakers , using plutonium-plated terminals and 112-strand speaker cable .
28 Unable to stop , she collided heavily with the man ascending the stairs , only his strength and quick reflexes preventing them both from tumbling the rest of the way .
29 Well in the last 2 days Firmin and Antonio have been getting more and more hostile ( which is n't hard to do given how Charlie and Matt are currently feeling about one another ) and you could really sense the Indians getting involved , following it all from their part of the raft as if their lives depended on it — which in a way they did I suppose because we were arguing about whether they had the right to be baptised and have their souls saved or not .
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