Example sentences of "[verb] from her the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And he had once elicited from her the statement , ‘ I did not have what the English refer to as ‘ a good war ’ . ’
2 I could not disguise from her the gravity of the situation .
3 She did not expect letters but on hearing from her the news of Hal 's birth , they had at once despatched an enormous bearskin : a gift for the child .
4 Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman .
5 And if the queen would not agree to all this , ‘ as is likely ’ , for the ‘ greedy and tyrannous affection of France , then it is apparent that Almighty God is pleased to transfer from her the rule of the kingdom for the weale of it ’ .
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