Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr. Ennals got one from the Prime Minister 's son during his visit here on behalf of the British Government . |
| 2 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
| 3 | While artisans certainly had better opportunities than had most of the lower orders , it is probably unwise to insist that a very wide behavioural gap separated them from the " crowd " , at least until the last years of the eighteenth century . |
| 4 | Cunningham detached himself from the British game negotiating a £1 million transfer to Real Madrid in 1979 , the same year in which Maurice Hope of Antigua emulated Dixon , Turpin , Bassey and Conteh by winning a world boxing title . |
| 5 | In the stroboscopic view , the giant pistons were the only things moving — until a figure detached itself from the wall , its grey colour exactly that of the background steel . |
| 6 | It was then that a familiar figure detached itself from the shadows of the trees and moved out into the dim orange light of one of the streetlamps . |
| 7 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 8 | Leaves danced curlicues on the pavement as the wind ripped them from the plane trees and sent them scurrying along the ground . |
| 9 | French President François Mitterrand dissociated himself from the statement because of a passage which , praising Soviet moves to democracy and " economic liberty " , said that market economies should be created in the Soviet republics . |
| 10 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 11 | Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman . |
| 12 | As the Dwarfs moved south Goblins watched them from the hills , reporting their movements by means of oily smoke signals and throbbing war drums . |
| 13 | Eyes watched her from the thorn woods . |
| 14 | The DUC disassociated itself from the arson and monkeywrenching , and remained independent of the and-nuclear movement . |
| 15 | He struggled into his overcoat which Antony brought him from the hall . |
| 16 | Another former confidant , John Biffen , in effect removed himself from the government after coded criticism of the Prime Minister 's strident , dogmatic style . |
| 17 | For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure . |
| 18 | Millie remembered it from the previous evening . |
| 19 | He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him . |
| 20 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 21 | Staff from the general practices collected their vaccines from the central office , while health clinics received theirs from the district 's transport service . |
| 22 | Young 's lifetime passion for the large molluscs led him from the squid to the octopus . |
| 23 | Rachaela lifted herself from the chair . |
| 24 | Alice Fell was such a stumbling-block that Wordsworth withdrew it from the 1820 edition of his poems . |
| 25 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 26 | Anna reached the door and as she fumbled for the latch , Melody opened it from the other side . |
| 27 | It is regrettable that the judge heard nothing from the appellants ' side , despite the fact that they were represented — no oral evidence , no affidavit evidence , not even an address in mitigation . |
| 28 | Rachaela watched her from the kitchen window of the flat . |
| 29 | The girl pulled herself from the mattress and stood with one hand on her hip , in an aggressive pose . |
| 30 | As she stumbled back into the corridor Alexander disengaged himself from the embrace of the dark-haired woman . |