Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] from the " in BNC.
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| 31 | One evening , when his golf match had been cancelled , he decided to drive down and collect me from the river . |
| 32 | It was Karl Franz who led the charge of the Reiksguard at the battle of Norduin against the Bretonnians , where the Emperor 's personal valour finally broke the resistance of the Bretonnian flank guard and drove them from the narrow defile which they had defiantly held throughout the battle . |
| 33 | This he derisively referred to as ‘ sociologism ’ and distinguished it from the true activity of sociology , the study of social action . |
| 34 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 35 | Dreamer came up to Tallis and tugged and twisted her from the frozen ground . |
| 36 | In fact , th the New York Saint Andrews Society which exists to er I think to er , apart from to hold er meetings and er get togethers , also to assist er Scots in New York , at least that was one of it 's original er , principles , they have a er a splendid dinner with all these gentlemen in full kilts , kengroms , don'tski and do 's , the whole bangshoot , and and their their women folk can come and watch them from the gallery upstairs . |
| 37 | ‘ There is no dispute about the land unless a claim is made … compensation for those who claim it for their land and receive it from the authorities is calculated according to the value of the property in 1973 plus the difference in the index of inflation together with four per cent interest . ’ |
| 38 | Yet it was not beyond the power of reason and foresight to know that the days of the Indian Empire were numbered , if not in years , still in decades : the best and the wisest of the British in India had known and said it from the beginning . |
| 39 | She was running wildly when the two college students saw her and recognised her from the party as Greg 's girlfriend . |
| 40 | Instinctively he waved it from his face before getting to his feet and brushing it from the lapels of his overcoat . |
| 41 | And Goldberg , in his pad : I have never said or written any of the sentiments attributed to me here , though I have heard them from the mouths and read them from the pens of others . |
| 42 | After another moment or two , Crilly takes my arm and leads me from the pub . |
| 43 | Crilly takes my arm and leads me from the clinic , onto the green and into the car where Anita sits at the wheel . |
| 44 | Absolutely , ’ he said , hooking an arm around the man 's shoulders and leading him from the porch . |
| 45 | ( a ) It confirms whether you have correctly identified and understood the main points and separated them from the subsidiary details . |
| 46 | Ruth nodded and before she could ask him if he was too he clasped her hands and hauled her from the water into his arms . |
| 47 | Most often , it takes the form of a white colt who will nip the heels of would-be thieves , and chase them from the trees . |
| 48 | Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh , that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies . ’ |
| 49 | They protect the organs of the body and insulate us from the cold . |
| 50 | There was so much that we used to cut it into strips and string it from the eaves to dry in the wind and sun . |
| 51 | We could dispense some justice and hang him from the bowsprit to save the courts the trouble . |
| 52 | He calmly snapped the sawn-off closed and swivelled it from the hip towards me . |
| 53 | Regular use of a good cream helps keep hands soft and smooth and protects them from the onslaught of cold weather . |
| 54 | Alcohol certainly affects most organs , but only the liver can convert it to other substances and clear it from the body . |
| 55 | She moved house and with the cooperation of the new local head teacher changed Tom 's mainstream school , and withdrew him from the off-site unit . |
| 56 | Sinatra also held the rights to the movie and withdrew it from the public domain shortly after release because it closely shadowed the Kennedy assassination . |
| 57 | Gradually , by walking slowly and shielding her from the wind as much as possible with my body , I cut the wings-open time to a minimum . |
| 58 | Valerie Eliot was also his protector — as a secretary she had for a long time been organizing his daily life and guarding him from the world , and it was probably the calm assurance of her presence which first drew him towards her . |
| 59 | The band were initially looking for a lighting rig and a PA system to do a gig in Aberdeen and obtained them from the music shop she worked in . |
| 60 | This is the second Point that balances the first and safeguards it from the other extreme — being too soft on doubt . |