Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [pron] from this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many hon. Members believe that the Secretary of State should immediately instruct the Director General of Fair Trading to review the position urgently and in detail , so that we can discover whether there is still some possibility of saving something from this awful mess . |
| 2 | We could n't argue , for Thistle 's chance of taking anything from this game lasted all of 58 seconds . |
| 3 | She meant that , once she had talked him into releasing her from this crazy engagement , she would be free to take up her own life once more . |
| 4 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 5 | I thought at the time that her absent luncheon companion must have been a boorish character , and even the greatest friends of Randolph Churchill would find difficulty in defending him from this charge . |
| 6 | In freeing themselves from this burden they may need to make their escape into another language or culture , even by establishing geographical distance over thousands of miles of ocean . |