Example sentences of "[verb] their [noun pl] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixth arrondissement , between the Boulevard Saint-Michel and the Rue des Saints-Peres , the Seine and the Luxembourg , about one hundred folk are traced , as they moved their operations from the Flore to the Deux Magots to the Brasserie Lipp or from the brothels of the Rue Gregoire de Tours to the cheap hotels , La Madison and La Lousiane but especially Le Montana . |
| 2 | Having won their votes from the gullible , as well as the dedicated , the republicans now show their utter contempt for democracy . |
| 3 | Together , most of the bodies lost ground in the fifteenth century , and were often forced to ‘ appropriate ’ neighbouring parish churches in order to swell their incomes from the tithes due from the laity ; this frequently became a source of bitter dispute locally , and lay patronage shifted away to the parish churches in the fifteenth century . |
| 4 | The San José Group of Foreign Ministers of the five Central American countries together with Panama met their counterparts from the 12 European Community ( EC ) member countries in Managua , the Nicaraguan capital , on March 18-19 for the seventh annual meeting on EC-Central American co-operation , which was also attended by the Foreign Ministers of Colombia , Venezuela and Mexico . |
| 5 | The San José Group of Foreign Ministers of the five Central American countries met their counterparts from the 12 European Community ( EC ) countries in Lisbon on Feb. 25-26 for their eighth annual conference , which was also attended by Colombia , Mexico and Venezuela . |
| 6 | Pictures of Lorna Lewis picnicking in pedal pushers , marrying in white and christening her baby daughters counterpointed these triumphs , and the couple , who lived their lives from the outside in , saw themselves looking happy in magazines and believed they were happy , although the combination of Hitchcock and post-natal depression persuaded Lorna to announce that she would take a year off to devote herself to her family . |
| 7 | Vass was gathering their bags from the car boot and leading Lisa and a wide-eyed Emily across a courtyard to the front door of the house . |
| 8 | They came to a halt before the doors of the Manse and grooms ran out to take their horses , unarmoured Hearthwares helping their comrades from the saddle . |
| 9 | Deaths : Sammy Fain : in Los Angeles aged 87 : one of the last tunesmiths who peddled their songs from the back of trucks and in the dingy hallways of Tin Pan Alley . |
| 10 | The villagers ate dates from the wadi 's palms , fed their sheep and goats on its shrubs , and made their homes from the mud and vegetation . |
| 11 | Equally , if the developer acted unreasonably , the council and third parties may be able to claim their costs from the developer . |
| 12 | The alteration in 1983 in DHSS benefit rules that enabled older people living in private residential care to claim their fees from the DHSS brought dramatic increases in the number of private residential homes , and in the number of older people living in them . |
| 13 | European Community foreign ministers have recalled their ambassadors from the Yugoslav capital , Belgrade and demanded the withdrawal of their occupying forces in Bosnia-Herzogovina . |
| 14 | Croatia and Slovenia had recalled their representatives from the Presidency and the representatives of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia had not attended since October [ see p. 38513 ] . |
| 15 | Customs and beliefs deriving from a pagan past may have been frowned upon , but they did not necessarily exclude their adherents from the community of Christians . |
| 16 | At present all CAD companies are pushing their techniques from the low to the mid level of involvement . |
| 17 | This pins the souls of the dead to these places , letting the ghosts guard the lands they love and saving their spirits from the terrible prospect of being devoured by the Gods of Chaos . |
| 18 | During the late 1980s and early 1990s , investors thought they could successfully invest in ‘ growth ’ shares that were at once exciting and defensive — among them , the giant consumer-product and health-care companies whose pricing power was meant to guard their earnings from the cyclical downturns that the stockmarket was bound to suffer . |
| 19 | The weak point in the school is due to the folly of parents who remove their sons from the school at too early an age . |
| 20 | They lifted their heads from the stones and squinted , as if they 'd only been half aware of interlopers . |
| 21 | LOUIS DE POORTERE have moved their offices from the old factory complex in Warwick to smart new offices in Leamington Spa . |
| 22 | German children receive their presents from the Christkind Angel . |
| 23 | In a month when Harpers & Queen magazine devotes several pages to the lost art of manners , it may seem strange that parents should send their daughters from the most polite nation in the world to this newly graceless country . |
| 24 | Marathon meeting MEMBERS of one of Britain 's most exclusive clubs are meeting at Land 's End to celebrate their marathons from the far north of Scotland to the tip of Cornwall . |
| 25 | On arrival they were given simple accommodation in the company camp and received their meals from the centralized kitchen . |
| 26 | Four pretty distinguished honorary graduates received their degrees from the new Chancellor . |
| 27 | The six received their awards from the Celebrities Guild of Great Britain at London 's Royal Garden Hotel . |
| 28 | Retirals Messrs. G. W. Davidson and R. A. Hamilton intimated their retirals from the committee . |
| 29 | Retirals Messrs. G. W. Davidson and R. A. Hamilton intimated their retirals from the committee . |
| 30 | Ratagan refilled their flagons from the pitcher on the table . |