Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 2 | Horrified by his latest intentions , they were perhaps genuinely considering a last-ditch attempt to save him from himself . |
| 3 | ‘ I did n't know , ’ Sarella said dully in a last-ditch attempt to salvage something from the wreckage of her self-esteem . |
| 4 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 5 | If the failed attempt to oust him from Wadham in 1654 was the work of stricter puritans who suspected him of reducing Christianity to morality , so in the 1660s his ‘ club for comprehension ’ evoked the censure of high churchmen . |
| 6 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 7 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 8 | But just as he had used her agoraphobia as a defence against having to know about his need to find her safely where he had left her , so too did her lack of sexual response defend him from knowing about his need to keep her under his control . |
| 9 | Among humans , social bonding includes everything from nodding , winking and shaking hands , to having a good cuddle . |
| 10 | Not to thank you , I mean — and Rose — oh , dear … ’ and her face crumpled , but the steely resolution which lay beneath her outward charm prevented her from giving way to the hysterics which she knew would take her over if she allowed herself to show any weakness . |
| 11 | The three ministers belonging to the CDU ( which had been under pressure from its West German counterpart to dissociate itself from the regime ) also withdrew from the coalition on Jan. 25 " to make way for negotiations " but would continue in a caretaker capacity . |
| 12 | In fact , we may both be surprised that Peirce held that the scientific inquirer distanced himself from all scientific results , and suspect that Quine would grant that this attitude is appropriate for a range of them . |
| 13 | His chart of appearances shows that he made full appearances for two seasons after joining us and only a broken collar-bone prevented him from making an even more impressive contribution towards our promotion to Division One in 1969–70 . |
| 14 | But Coleridge soon discovered the shortcomings of Clevedon , and especially the inconvenient distance separating it from his literary friends in Bristol , and from the indispensable Bristol City Library . |
| 15 | With just one board and maybe a couple of different size sails anyone from eight to eighty can get out there and have a go . |
| 16 | One look at the gatehouse told us that way would be suicide , so we launched a full-scale attack to distract them from you and get Guy over the wall . |
| 17 | A yurt is comfortable and a wooden floor raises it from the ground . |
| 18 | Monica Shorten : ‘ My only regret is that the rival claims of the science departments and university clubs and social life distracted me from taking full advantage of my time in such an interesting community . ’ |
| 19 | Alice glanced at her own hands , small , neat , the nails immaculately well maintained , and covered with a transparent varnish to protect them from the world . |
| 20 | It stands on the slight and indefinite watershed at the head of Glen Shiel and has its own group of Munros in the high country dividing it from Glen Affric to the north . |
| 21 | How will the Scottish Office separate one from the other ? |
| 22 | If that individual is not its mother but a human foster parent feeding it from a bottle , the lamb imprints on whoever held the bottle . |
| 23 | His contemptuous gaze swept her from head to foot , in swift appraisal . |
| 24 | But even though this version is n't quite as expensive as the original , the gallery is n't taking any chances ; a full-time guard prevents anyone from on cashing in on this artistic venture . |
| 25 | While Fleury and Harry exchanged a glance of shock and bewilderment at the unfortunate turn the tea party had suddenly taken , an effervescent mass detached itself from one of her breasts , which was revealed to be the shape of a plump carp , then from one of her diamond knee-caps , then an ebony avalanche thundered from her spine down over her buttocks , then from some other part of her . |
| 26 | " Combining mystery with history " : this was a phrase I invented ( or perhaps inadvertently cribbed ) for the blurb of the first novel I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey , The Governess , a story in which Miss Harriet Unwin in her first post as a governess in 1870s London finds herself accused of murder and has to pinpoint the real killer to save herself from the Old Bailey . |
| 27 | ‘ The self-consciousness allows [ the performer ] the pleasure of exhibitionism [ while their ] blatant self-display releases them from guilt and invites a similarly shameless gaze from the spectator , whose participation is implicit throughout , ’ James writes . |
| 28 | The Labour Party 's environment spokesman , Dr David Clark , described the government 's decision as ‘ a squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment ’ . |
| 29 | Codemasters ' director David Darling said : ‘ The fact that Sega has chosen to wait to sue until just before our commercial launch shows this is a blatant attempt to keep us from the market they control . ’ |
| 30 | If British Naval Intelligence heard nothing from her , they 'd presume the Dane was hostile , and the raid would go ahead as planned . |