Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A rough horseblanket rubbed against my chin and a lacy canopy of cow parsley shaded my eyes from the bright light . |
| 2 | I still have no explanation for why things needed to be weighed in this area , and what connection it could have with the watering hole , but I am certain that my finds from the four sides of the pond resulted from these activities . |
| 3 | Please could you identify some of my finds from the enclosed drawings ? |
| 4 | It was impossible to get any indication since my instructions from the Foreign Office were to negotiate only with Mr Smith and his people and not to have any contact with the black population during the period of my negotiations . |
| 5 | If I shifted my weight on to the shoulder these mugs had been using as a football , the pain took away my thoughts from the throbbing ache in my head . |
| 6 | Consistently , those elderly from the professional and managerial classes experience better health than their contemporaries from the manual occupation groups . |
| 7 | Consistently those older people from professional and managerial occupations experience better health than their contemporaries from the manual occupation groups . |
| 8 | As he spoke , he reached out for the hand that was nearest to him , uncurling her fingers from the tense fist they had formed without any difficulty as the contact had its inevitable effect on her . |
| 9 | The conclusion that we have drawn from these observations , which is supported by independent experimental evidence to be discussed below , is that although people expect ellipses to take their meanings from the preceding text , they do not derive that meaning solely from a representation of the superficial features of the preceding text . |
| 10 | The overall and accelerating decline in the manufacturing sector and its sub-groups from the mid 1960s stands out . |
| 11 | The green tree ants of Australia construct their homes from the living leaves of trees . |
| 12 | In 1983 , the Labour vote held up well among those who rented their homes from the local authorities ( Table 5.7 ) . |
| 13 | Spanish children get their presents from the Three Kings . |
| 14 | He gave the example of a two-year Community Skills course in a local college that drew its recruits from the special schools . |
| 15 | Bernice could n't take her eyes from the tall woman , and realized that her companions , too , must have been staring . |
| 16 | ‘ You wanted to meet me , Mr Burns , ’ she finally managed to rescue her eyes from the drowning pull of his and locate her voice . |
| 17 | Hastily averting her eyes from the strong arched column of his tanned throat as he emptied his glass , she retraced her steps to the kitchen . |
| 18 | Jess spoke fiercely , not taking her eyes from the raddled face , daring her to deny it . |
| 19 | Over the next few afternoons Mrs Phelps could hardly take her eyes from the small girl sitting for hour after hour in the big armchair at the far end of the room with the book on her lap . |
| 20 | ‘ Your nephew asked me if I was the one you were going to marry , ’ she blurted out as she averted her eyes from the probing intentness of his . |
| 21 | She could n't seem to wrench her eyes from the heated blue gaze devouring her . |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't be silly ; you know nothing about my career , pursued or otherwise , and I wish you 'd go away , ’ she added peevishly as she finally managed to drag her eyes from the grey warmth of his . |
| 23 | She tore her eyes from the magnificent frescoes and looked at Nicolo . |
| 24 | I wish they would buy all their groceries from the Cairnbaan Post Office as they meander past . |
| 25 | Perhaps the reason why more do not is that most people are protected by their lifestyles from the uncomfortable logic of the deficiency in their faith . |
| 26 | LOUIS DE POORTERE have moved their offices from the old factory complex in Warwick to smart new offices in Leamington Spa . |
| 27 | This may account for his daughter 's distancing herself in her books from the commercial classes and her somewhat self-conscious identification with the upper classes . |
| 28 | The attitude that smoking is anti-social is gaining currency among the more articulate , better educated and more aware groups in society , but the vicious corollary is that the tobacco and advertising industries must get their recruits from the lower end of the socio-economic scale . |
| 29 | Perhaps they and their legions are really in control , receiving their recruits from the unclean spirits in all of us . |
| 30 | Kibaki and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga , the veteran opposition leader , one-time Vice-President ( in 1964-66 ) and now leader of FORD-Kenya , were reported on Dec. 31 to have threatened to withdraw their parties from the electoral process , alleging widespread irregularities which they said in a statement were " fast pushing the nation to war " . |