Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The audience sat in tiers round the front half of the orchestra , which thus served to separate them from the skene . ) |
| 2 | The poor little cat had never got over its terror of flying , and Mildred always had to prise it from the broomstick whenever she arrived anywhere . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , but we 're not a poor servant girl , really , are we ? ’ said Dr Neil , his head on one side again , the scar presented to her ; it was a sign that despite his mockery he had accepted her , for with those of whom he was unsure , or not used to , he always attempted to shield them from its sight . |
| 4 | More than that , she nearly died to save you from the results of your own jealousy and spite . |
| 5 | She also wanted to save them from slaughter for the sum of two hundred pounds . |
| 6 | My brother , sister and I have made lots of friends whilst we have been down there , but it only really started to fascinate us from about 2 or 3 years ago , before then we had just been interested in swimming , going into the amusements and going to the beach etc . |
| 7 | The masher 's intended victim was not quite so indecisive ; far from taking the opportunity to run off , leaving St George to fight the dragon on his own , she had taken the opportunity once her attacker 's attention had been diverted from her to remove her right shoe , and she now proceeded to attack him from the rear , pounding him first about the head and shoulders with the shoe , and then with her handbag shrieking , ‘ Take that , you cowardly bully , and that , ’ leaving him open to any attack Neil might care to make . |
| 8 | He really wished to prevent her from discovering life . |
| 9 | A sensible place to begin this endeavour is with the mainspring of the story 's action , the Ring ( here capitalised to distinguish it from the relatively insignificant stage-prop or ‘ Equalizer ’ of The Hobbit ) . |
| 10 | She immediately arranged to buy me from my master . |
| 11 | As she wound down her window to scream for help , one of the youths then tried to drag her from her car . |
| 12 | ‘ They never tried to dissuade me from marrying you . ’ |
| 13 | He therefore determined to seize her from Winthrop Grange where she lived with her father Lord Archibald Winthrop ( played by a well-known character actor who did commercials for tea-bags ) . |