Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] it from [art] " in BNC.

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1 The Soviet police concluded that he had been shot in the stomach by his dog as he tried to free it from a trap ( Reuters , etc , 6 March 1992 ) .
2 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 ) .
3 We see , for example , his debt to Hobbes , who placed great emphasis on the idea of authority and sought to detach it from the idea of consent .
4 I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat .
5 Julia felt worse and worse all the next day , but managed to hide it from the others .
6 The cylinders were causing minor explosions and we had to tackle it from the outside , using the protection of adjoining buildings and cars .
7 Now , cos I mean do n't forget originally we used to take milk out twice a day , morning and night , because you had to fetch it from the farm .
8 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 .
9 And er it was er we had to develop it from a poorhouse into an old folks ' home .
10 ’ You had to take it from the inspector , you ca n't answer back .
11 So I had to take it from the telesales side to get the appointment to get in the door to do a demonstration and then to do the after sales .
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