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 | Now that when , as soon as I get my cheque from the British Legion for two hundred , roughly . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sometime after , pleasantly exhausted , I collected my horse from the stable , saddled it and led it down the causeway out of the manor gate . |
| 6 | Working there was my exit from the straight world . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Over the years I have kept my distance from the white women 's movement . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I wore my patent of freedom , ’ he told Mrs Thrale , ‘ in my hat from the New town to the Old , about a mile . ’ |
| 18 | On 23 November , Pollitt and Campbell withdrew their support from the initial statement and were readmitted to their positions . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The chemists encouraged people to have fun in the sun while protecting their skin from the harsh rays which can prove dangerous . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | This process is guaranteed by the spirits of the earth , who withdraw their protection from the human community when it is divided by quarrelling . |
| 26 | In the contest for the governorship of Tokyo the LDP switched its support from the 80-year-old incumbent governor Shunichi Suzuki , to Hisanori Isomura , the candidate supported by the national leadership of the opposition Komeito ( Clean Government Party ) and Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP ) . |
| 27 | Charging depreciation in the accounts of businesses receives its support from the matching concept . |
| 28 | Both the July 24-25 meeting and the post-ministerial conference between ASEAN and its " dialogue partners " ( Australia , Canada , the European Communities ( EC ) , Japan , New Zealand and the United States ) held on July 27-29 were dominated by the question of Cambodia and in particular the recent US decision to withdraw its support from the Cambodian rebel government at the UN and to enter into talks with Vietnam [ see p. 37598 ] . |
| 29 | The Goa Congress had attracted most of its support from the Christian and Konkani-speaking southern area of the state , and in large part the election in November was fought on communal lines with the Hindu-dominated MGP campaigning for recognition of Marathi as a full official language for the state . |
| 30 | Whether they want to go or not , they take their turn and the employer had to pay a percentage into the pool what those men earned , so when those men had n't work at all they drew their money from the National Dock Labour Board . |