Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [pron] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enlightened bureaucrats sought to put it in the hands of a newly created ministry ; conservatives proposed transferring it from the liberal Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Internal Affairs . |
| 2 | In Lobophytum species , the process is not particularly dramatic ; the polyps withdraw , the body of the animal will deflate , looking as though it has collapsed , and then when it takes in fresh water to stiffen up again , a thin , transparent layer of mucus can be seen detaching itself from the surface of the coral , to be swept away by water currents , the whole process usually taking a few hours . |
| 3 | Your brother perhaps will not mind fetching them from the Commissariat . |
| 4 | Would you mind getting it from the car ? ’ |
| 5 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 6 | But social services decided they did not have sufficient information to justify removing him from the Roberts ' care . |
| 7 | Still , the dream had felt so real that he could n't resist ringing her from the office to ask if she had a sixteen-year-old sister he could meet . |
| 8 | When you 're not out walking around this lovely area of the Borders try seeing it from the back of a horse — the Westertoun Riding Centre will take you out on anything from an hourly ride to a half day trek through the Lammermuir Hills . |
| 9 | This may also mean protecting us from the seamier side of Chinese life . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't expect he liked it , darling , but you are on holiday , and though it was very naughty of that boy to risk ringing you from a ward , you can scarcely be held responsible . ’ |
| 11 | We sat facing him from the customer 's end of a leather-topped desk . |
| 12 | In fact , really and truly , unless you live in the town centre , wherever that may be , there really is no point in even contemplating stealing anything from the place . |
| 13 | Jazzbeaux had left some of her stuff in the cabin , confident that the twittering , birdlike manager would be too afraid of the ‘ pomps to bother lifting anything from the gangcult . |
| 14 | The others were trying to drive the protesters away , and a fight seemed likely to break out at any minute , until a pair of uniformed police constables appeared , and stood watching them from the other side of the street . |
| 15 | Without a backward glance at Brooklands or the woman who stood watching them from the doorway , she pulled out into the flow of traffic , her tyres squealing on the loose gravel drive . |
| 16 | Curly Top sat watching him from a chair , a mischievous grin on his face . |
| 17 | He sat watching her from a deep armchair , legs crossed at the ankles , hands lightly clasped . |