Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] it from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of this occurred in early February when Foreign Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) , meeting in Brussels , agreed that the support given to Iraq by the PLO should disqualify it from further high-level contacts . |
| 2 | To get a better grade the student must take it from one of the students above by out-performing him or her . |
| 3 | It is made from heavy-duty plastic , which should protect it from all but the psychotically over-enthusiastic synthesist . |
| 4 | they 'll date it from twenty fourth |
| 5 | We 'll do it from one of the rooms in the corridors to be safe . |
| 6 | And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis . |
| 7 | Well perhaps you or somebody on the other side might care to tell us how you 're gon na take it from three to three and half , cos I 'll quite happily tell you then how we 'll take it from three and half to four percent , so we welcome that as a step in the right direction . |
| 8 | I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long . |
| 9 | so we could take it from that stage even |
| 10 | As PostScript files can take an eternity to process — especially when PostScript resides in a cartridge — I 'd increase it from 45 seconds to maybe 450 or more . |
| 11 | But you 're gon na get a much wider question if it comes up on this and erm perhaps in incorporating the congress system but let's approach it from that , that perspective anyway . |
| 12 | This would ensure that the broadcasting institution was ultimately accountable to Parliament but at the same time would free it from direct government control in its day-to-day affairs . |
| 13 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 14 | He has little knowledge of a shepherd 's life since he writes his idyllic poem from the town , as a wealthy poet , and can not possibly see the reality as one would have it from experienced eyes . |
| 15 | I would take it from any nomads . |
| 16 | Now , under the impact of guilt and remorse motivated by the positive side of the original ambivalent feelings for the father , the ego sought to defend itself from further conflict with its id by erecting safety measures which would protect it from such distorting and stressful impulses . |
| 17 | It 's hoped the new sign will save it from further damage . |
| 18 | Tsetse flies find the breath of cows equally enticing and can smell it from many kilometres away . |
| 19 | It 's all hard and cold , but Marie laughs and turns me round so she can see it from all sides . |
| 20 | Oh , we can see it from back room now ca n't we ? |
| 21 | We all know that we exist in three dimensions — our bodies occupy a certain volume , and we can move it from one place to another . |
| 22 | We can build up from there some of the er some of the er exclusions or something yeah something like that you can develop it from that |
| 23 | It costs eighty five p , and you can get it from any of the H M S O — Her Majesty 's Stationery Office — or you could order it , I should think , from most bookshops , and that 'll give you a pretty good overview of what Warnock is trying to do , and then , of course if anybody 's interested enough in comparing that with the Act , you 'll see the kind of things that were in the Warnock Report have n't actually come through in the act . |
| 24 | The Owl TV Book of Animals costs £3.99 and you can get it from most bookshops . |