Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of this occurred in early February when Foreign Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) , meeting in Brussels , agreed that the support given to Iraq by the PLO should disqualify it from further high-level contacts . |
| 2 | ‘ So he was , in which case we must absolve you from all blame . |
| 3 | To get a better grade the student must take it from one of the students above by out-performing him or her . |
| 4 | The Charter For The 1990s report leaked last week recommends that Radio 1 should distinguish itself from commercial stations by implementing new discussion and documentary programmes , and ape up-market Radio 3 with regular pop music concerts . |
| 5 | That should protect her from those worrying bouts of weakness whenever Roman took it in his head to produce his caveman act and haul her into a passionate clinch … |
| 6 | It is made from heavy-duty plastic , which should protect it from all but the psychotically over-enthusiastic synthesist . |
| 7 | When one of the fattest hailed him when he was out shopping he decided he must disassociate himself from that crowd . |
| 8 | The public good defence for performances which were proved to be ‘ in the interests of drama , opera , ballet or any other art , or of literature or learning ’ omitted the words ‘ or other objects of general concern ’ , thereby rejecting the so-called ‘ therapeutic defence ’ according to which pornography was claimed to be ‘ psychologically beneficial ’ to some persons ‘ in that it relieves their sexual tensions and may divert them from anti-social activities ’ . |
| 9 | Ludicrously over-equipped tourists might recognise themselves from this checklist : |
| 10 | they 'll date it from twenty fourth |
| 11 | We 'll do it from one of the rooms in the corridors to be safe . |
| 12 | That way you will not burn off too many calories which might prevent you from increasing muscle size . |
| 13 | A good tube-ride might score anything from 8 to 10 . |
| 14 | And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis . |
| 15 | Well perhaps you or somebody on the other side might care to tell us how you 're gon na take it from three to three and half , cos I 'll quite happily tell you then how we 'll take it from three and half to four percent , so we welcome that as a step in the right direction . |
| 16 | You might pay anything from twenty or thirty pounds to two hundred pounds for this guarantee . |
| 17 | You might get one from happiest . |
| 18 | Maman had always warned : ‘ You 'll get nothing from that quarter ! ’ |
| 19 | I can see they 'll get it from that quarter and before very long . |
| 20 | But you think it 'll kill him from one o'clock in the night till seven o'clock the next morning , it 's , it 's ridiculous and financially were no different because you 've got to pay for digs you 've got to pay for the petrol |
| 21 | Say they 'll learn something from this lot . |
| 22 | But overall , it was by turning to their own bodies that women artists could free themselves from surrealist stereotypes . |
| 23 | Lynsey was researching a project on how women could defend themselves from potential rapists and sex attackers and planning a BBC documentary on the subject . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe we could suspend them from this bit in the middle with a length of thread , ’ Norris grunted , sticking his head almost right inside the appliance . |
| 25 | so we could take it from that stage even |
| 26 | Er , to start off with they do the full spiritual exercise of Ignatius Loyal all takes thirty days in silent retreat with a with an individual er under individual guidance with a , with a , a director or it could take anything from nine months to eighteen months to do in er day da da da living in open sort of retreat . |
| 27 | If fully exploited , wind power could produce anything from 20 to 50 per cent of the nation 's electricity needs , its supporters claim . |
| 28 | Nor did she think she could hide anything from this man with the golden eyes . |
| 29 | One of the reasons we developed a design-led retail business , offering our own unique products , was because we saw we could distance ourselves from other retailers who were just selling manufacturers ' products and discounting them and getting into constant competitive battles . |
| 30 | Alternatively , the future may bring chemicals that could protect us from any gas , liquid or radiation , not to mention environments in which future generations may live that will separate them from any hazardous source . |