Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , where it cut the highway , the steep bank of the river would give them protection from the full force of the hurricane . |
| 2 | In common with any other community , the Deaf Community has had its share of people who have performed deeds of bravery that earned them recognition from the appropriate authorities . |
| 3 | As the 1992 Art Materials Exhibition looms over the horizon , I would like to share my experience from the last exhibition and make a plea for the next . |
| 4 | As the 1992 Art Materials Exhibition looms over the horizon , I would like to share my experience from the last exhibition and make a plea for the next . |
| 5 | Now that when , as soon as I get my cheque from the British Legion for two hundred , roughly . |
| 6 | Last Sunday you may remember I held up something at the start of the service , and it was my mail from the previous day and we homed in on one buff letter which had H M inspector of taxes in it . |
| 7 | Sometime after , pleasantly exhausted , I collected my horse from the stable , saddled it and led it down the causeway out of the manor gate . |
| 8 | Working there was my exit from the straight world . |
| 9 | Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 10 | I had to lift my gaze from the old dashboard that I had sat in front of for more than sixty years to a new one , and the only new one I knew of displayed the dials and instruments of what is called holistic medicine and which at that time I took to be something I knew virtually nothing about . |
| 11 | Pulling my coat more closely round me , I turned my attention from the dark shape of the broch and its flitting ghosts to my own situation . |
| 12 | I climb up to my room from the small courtyard by a steep wooden ladder and stoop through the doorway , as I must through all the doorways here . |
| 13 | I watched the re-run of the race on the big stadium scoreboard , checked that I had run second and then went back under to collect my kit from the airless , sweat-filled room where it had been taken from the start . |
| 14 | It was another stunningly hot , windless day , the sky an unclouded eggshell-blue , the temperature in the high seventies , so it was good to hang my head from the open window of Edward 's car and let the air come pelting at my face . |
| 15 | Over the years I have kept my distance from the white women 's movement . |
| 16 | In this notebook , recording my random thoughts day after day as I work on the big glass , I can keep my distance from the big glass . |
| 17 | Burns 's poetry and songs have played an important part in my life from the earliest years , not only because of their simple beauty , but also because of their directness , honesty , and wry , lop-sided , humour ; the appreciation of which stood me in good stead the last time I was in Mauchline . |
| 18 | I did have er upon my door from the last week in last term was a saying er , you know this one , I do n't know if you 've had this ? |
| 19 | Soon after my release from the old jail I 'd gone looking for the creche in which the Organisation for Working Danuese Women had made its home . |
| 20 | On the ground floor my interpreter from the Bengali Housing Association led the way into a small , bare flat inhabited by a Bengali widow with three children of six , eight and nine . |
| 21 | ‘ I wore my patent of freedom , ’ he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in my hat from the New town to the Old , about a mile . ’ |
| 22 | Whether the Halls , who remain the major shareholders with 42pc , will withdraw their support from the Second Division club remains to be seen . |
| 23 | On 23 November , Pollitt and Campbell withdrew their support from the initial statement and were readmitted to their positions . |
| 24 | Rory led the way to the disco floor , all too aware of the speculative glances slid in her direction from the other dancers , yet aware too of a peculiar little thrill of pride as she caught the envious looks in the eyes of the other women . |
| 25 | Seizing the opportunity offered by Compaq Computer Corp 's formal resignation from the Advanced Computing Environment initiative ( UX No 382 ) , the Santa Cruz Operation Inc , finally steeled itself to announce the suspension of all of its MIPS Computer Systems Inc development work last week — effectively tendering its resignation from the ACE crowd . |
| 26 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 27 | As ‘ social dirt ’ they become an affront to purity and possess the danger of the contagious and impure ( Douglas 1966 ) , requiring their removal from the public vision . |
| 28 | After that he greeted her like an old friend each morning ; she did n't mind , it was dull talking to Magnus who seldom listened , and he gave her protection from the intense political views of the Afghan 's owner . |
| 29 | It would appear to have been adopted in psychoanalysis because of its air of scientific detachment and objectivity , its freedom from the objectionable religious overtones of such terms as ‘ sin ’ and ‘ evil ’ . |
| 30 | This process is guaranteed by the spirits of the earth , who withdraw their protection from the human community when it is divided by quarrelling . |