Example sentences of "[verb] it [adv] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 2 | This is so even if she did not buy it direct from the manufacturer ( or , indeed , even if she did not buy it . ) |
| 3 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
| 4 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 5 | The bureaucracy will be remunerated so as to set it apart from the rest of society and reinforce its internal hierarchy . |
| 6 | In my diary I recognised it almost from the beginning , probably because I made no connection between it and non-eating , but seemed to have ascribed it to being overworked academically or being hounded into sporting activities which I resented for their profound pointlessness . |
| 7 | Have you written it totally from a Jewish perspective or are you aiming at a wider cross-section of the population ? |
| 8 | By contrast , the Historia Brittonum claims only a ten-year reign for Penda , dating it evidently from the battle of Cogwy ( ch. 65 ) — Bede 's Maserfelth , which Bede dates to 642 but which again may need to be emended ( in accordance with any adjustment of Bede 's other Northumbrian dates ) to 643 ( HE 111 , 9 : V , 24 ) . |
| 9 | I can do it easily from the Crouch , and old Joanna will attract no sort of attention . |
| 10 | Well we can do it downstairs from the main system or something |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't give a fig , ’ Cranston replied , ‘ if you hold it direct from the Holy Father ! |
| 12 | ‘ Well , no-one 's ever seen it apart from the Headmaster . |
| 13 | They told the lieutenant over at the hotel , but he wanted to hear it directly from the company . |
| 14 | Constipation can also encourage cellulite formation — if the waste matter is not leaving the body through the normal channels the body will store it away from the bloodstream and again the islands of fat cells causing cellulite provide the perfect storehouse . |
| 15 | Like other elements of the left-wing movement , however , activists in this sphere were subjected to extensive government oppression , which prevented almost all activity until 1918 and hampered it severely from the late 1920s . |
| 16 | The very concept of liberation makes sense only if it is viewed against the backdrop of unjust oppression , and while the notion of unjust oppression no doubt assumes many guises , it is incomprehensible to me how we might understand it apart from the idea of the violation of basic moral rights . |
| 17 | I do n't know , it 's just got it somewhere from the East somewhere is n't it ? |
| 18 | The Australian honey-guide is so fond of hair it will pluck it straight from a horse 's back or even a human 's head . |
| 19 | Federalists are worried that new members will dilute the EC , turning it away from the grandiose schemes of political union and towards the modest goal of free trade . |
| 20 | She immediately opened it again from the other side . |
| 21 | A splash of mineral water — fizzy or still — gives a good pep-up after cleansing , but do n't use it straight from the fridge . |
| 22 | For skin rolling , seize the flesh between thumb and forefinger and lift it away from the bone . |
| 23 | In fact , by what we like to think is professional panache ( and crossed fingers , out of sight ) we minimise the panic and disguise it completely from the viewer . |
| 24 | I mean I was asked to do it right from the word go was n't I ? |
| 25 | And like most people living in the city it gets it straight from the mains of the Welsh Water company . |
| 26 | ( WES AD LIB ) ( ANNE ) In part two of Central News , we 'll be getting it straight from the horse 's mouth . |
| 27 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 28 | We heard it yesterday from the hon. Member for Dagenham , who referred to the community charge register as a threat to civil rights . |
| 29 | I loved it right from the off . ’ |
| 30 | The pilot stayed with his aircraft and steered it away from the school and bravely died with it to save others . |