Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , what I am looking at are the first direct signals to reach me from the dark constellation of Serafin . |
| 2 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 3 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 4 | It has sunscreens to protect you from the sun 's harmful rays , and a unique bio-collagen complex to nourish and moisturise . |
| 5 | He had a thin cardigan over his shoulders to protect him from the breeze . |
| 6 | As the Dwarfs moved south Goblins watched them from the hills , reporting their movements by means of oily smoke signals and throbbing war drums . |
| 7 | Inevitably they led to the totally unnecessary deaths of many pet cats , as jittery owners took emergency steps to protect themselves from the dreaded twentieth-century plague . |
| 8 | Eyes watched her from the thorn woods . |
| 9 | Hundreds of black-headed gulls were also joining in the feast of freshly hatching insects , paddling over the waves to snatch them from the surface , whilst in the Island Bay we came upon three superb black terns , dipping and turning over the water . |
| 10 | LMS , appraisal systems and governing body involvements compound the demands of heads to remove themselves from the classrooms , and to dictate instructions down the line . |
| 11 | A treaty was agreed in 1490 , although a concession was made to the Venetians to exempt them from the Staple . |
| 12 | I endeavoured to paint a picture of this scene , but again and again legions of midges drove me from the spot : I got a phial of essence supposed to keep them away , but alas ! in vain . |
| 13 | Staff from the general practices collected their vaccines from the central office , while health clinics received theirs from the district 's transport service . |
| 14 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 15 | We owe it to our children and grandchildren to spare them from the epidemic of smoking-related disease , disability and death from smoking that has marked the middle and later years of the 20th century . |
| 16 | Young 's lifetime passion for the large molluscs led him from the squid to the octopus . |
| 17 | Merchants could buy safe-conducts and licences exempting them from the right of wreck from the Duke of Brittany . |
| 18 | It has been agreed to call these antibodies perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies to differentiate them from the classical cANCA present in Wegener 's granulomatosis . |
| 19 | It had a large nave with massive columns separating it from the aisles ( 92 and 93 ) . |
| 20 | And it will be an exclusivist world in which the rich countries insulate themselves from the pressure of migration , and the threat of terrorism . |
| 21 | The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again . |
| 22 | Now if you two charming ladies , and Herbert here , can persuade your betters to free you from the chains for an hour or two , we 're as good as on our way ! ’ |
| 23 | This prevented her parents taking her from the home of her 18-year-old boyfriend where she has been living . |
| 24 | If this is an improvised one such as a pierced cake tin , without feet to raise it from the plate on which it drains , set it in the top of a basin , mixing bowl , saucepan , wide jar , or any vessel in which it will fit without actually resting on the bottom . |
| 25 | The judges extrapolated it from the fact that constables hold office under the Crown and are sworn to keep the peace . |
| 26 | A shower of jeers greeted him from the queue and , as he passed the last boy , who was just out of sight of Mr Gillis , a foot shot out , caught him on the ankle and down he went , sprawling on the wooden floor . |
| 27 | The day begins at sunrise and an army of engineers check everything from the fuselage to the fuel valve . |
| 28 | Designs based on these principles are known as linear voltage regulators to distinguish them from the kind of regulator we are going to investigate in this article . |
| 29 | Within months , some clients had in excess of 25 dealers contacting them from the same firm ; many were also being contacted from other licensed dealers . |
| 30 | The chick is due on good Friday , but it could take up to three days to free itself from the egg . |