Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [noun] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | His portrait was modified , in stages which can be dated by coins , from a depiction in the tradition of a Hellenistic king to one based on the canons valued in the Greek city-state , thereby reflecting his change from being one of the warlords in the civil wars after Caesar 's death to a new ‘ democratic ’ position after the settlement as first citizen , ‘ first among equals ’ ( fig. 17 ) . |
| 2 | An annuity is an arrangement with a financial institution whereby , if you are over retirement age and do not want to leave your property to anyone when you die , they will effectively buy your house from you ( albeit at a bit less than the market price ) , give you guaranteed security of tenure until you die , and turn the money that they pay you for the house into a regular income for life . |
| 3 | She stood , arms extended but bent , and slowly moved her head from side to side . |
| 4 | Prolonged contact with Rune could only make her parting from him more painful , the recovery period afterwards more protracted , the absolute cure less certain . |
| 5 | In South America the same thing had happened ; even the continuing presence of a large native population and wars of liberation had not much differentiated their institutions from European models . |
| 6 | Indeed , much of the evidence suggests that , even if Mansell had not actually braked early , he had perhaps lifted his foot from the throttle , which has much the same effect in an F1 car . |
| 7 | Rachaela had expensively rescued her furniture from store . |
| 8 | Both of these will obviously know their picas from their points but do not necessarily have any experience with the Macintosh ( or any other computer system , come to that ) . |
| 9 | The Duc de Choiseul did not expect to occupy England , much less incorporate it in Louis XV 's empire , but merely to distract his enemy from further conquests overseas and encourage an early peace . |
| 10 | Feeble illumination came from phosphorescent lichens mottling the ceiling and from the furnaces of the many tribes of recyclers whose smelting activities and whose upward export-trade in reusable elements to higher zones of the city alone prevented their home-space from filling as full as a constipated bowel . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | But Mike Felton 's foot had n't kicked her , he had moved it quickly out of the way and caught her as she fell and so saving her head from coming into contact with the brass coal bucket . |
| 13 | The goodbyes were said ; Annabel and Millie clasped hands , but Mrs Kirkley gently prevented her daughter from seeing their guests to the gate . |
| 14 | There was a hint of a smile on his face anyhow when , ‘ I think , then , my dear , that as far as possible you 'd better keep your distance from me , ’ he stated . |
| 15 | He stood in a familiar , flamboyant posture with his hands on his hips and his chin stuck out , constantly turning his head from left to right and back again , to take in his entire audience . |
| 16 | Only 8 per cent of people owning privatisation shares alone rented their home from a local authority or housing association , compared with 6 per cent of those owning other shares , although 25 per cent of the sample were such tenants . |
| 17 | Sixteen thousand people watched an astonishing scene as Johnson was knocked to the canvas in the twenty-sixth round and made no attempt to regain his feet , merely shielding his eyes from the sun . |
| 18 | Net it out , semi-anaesthetise it with M5222 or similar , then with the Koi in the bath , gently run your fingers from pelvic fins to vent checking for congestion . |
| 19 | She stepped forward , and Stephen stood impatiently shifting his weight from one foot to the other whilst she struggled to fasten his bow-tie . |
| 20 | With a strong crosswind I sighted over my mentor 's left shoulder during the approach , only moving my head from side to side in the final stages to get a symmetrical perspective for the flare . |
| 21 | Instead he stuck his chin in his hand , so removing his arm from her touch . |
| 22 | And all the firms are claiming that they only get their hardwood from government erm replanting programmes . |
| 23 | In the centuries preceding the scientific renaissance in the West , Muslim scholars did far more than merely reproduce their heritage from the Greeks . |
| 24 | The middle-class capitalist required the legitimacy of all his children not only to protect his possessions from being enjoyed by the offspring of other men but to ensure the loyalty of his sons who might be business partners , and of his daughters who might be essential in marriage alliances . |
| 25 | In ridding the game of these hangers-on we should perhaps take our lead from cricket , a game nobody watches . |
| 26 | But of Siward 's remaining small group , three were youths , and one of them , Crinan the son of Forne , not only took his name from his grandfather but looked , with his soft brown hair and tranquil gaze , remarkably like Thorfinn 's stepfather . |
| 27 | Just as the first Venetians found that the water-logged islands of their lagoon , far from merely affording them protection from their enemies on land , also provided them with ideal access to the sea and with it immense possibilities of wealth and naval power , so it emerged in the course of human social evolution that the psychological mechanisms which had been necessary in socializing man also proved serviceable for many other enterprises and in time produced the great flowering of human culture which we see around us today . |
| 28 | My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated . |
| 29 | ‘ Miriam is merely taking her cue from him when she makes nothing of emotion . |
| 30 | After gingerly retrieving his whistle from the offending item and giving it a quick clean-up , McNally was immediately called on to blow it when he awarded a drop goal after a free-kick . |