Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , of course , it is inevitable that one thinks of it from that angle from the way one has been brought up but actually one ca n't think of anything more barbaric than the Crucifixion and that way of killing somebody . |
| 2 | In that horrid state , the mind may be considered as a city without walls , open to every insult , and paying homage to every invader ; every idea that then starts with any force , becomes a reality ; and the reason , over fatigued with its former importunities , makes no head against the tyrannical invasion , but submits to it from mere imbecility . |
| 3 | It belongs to anyone from any country who is legitimately allowed to live here and who contributes to the general social welfare . |
| 4 | This produces the bleeding known as menstrual flow , which lasts for anything from 2 to 6 days . |
| 5 | In the 1890s Michael Marks , the firm 's founder , put wooden platforms behind his market stalls to keep salesgirls ' feet warm ; these days the company pays for everything from in-house dentists to local community projects . |
| 6 | You 're confined to this place , ’ he waves his gangly arm around his tiny office in the Lords one Wednesday afternoon , ‘ stuff flies at you from left , right and centre , ’ he snorts , as his forehead furrows . |
| 7 | And yet tonight , in the quiet of this room , I find that what really remains with me from this first day 's travel is not Salisbury Cathedral , nor any of the other charming sights of this city , but rather that marvellous view encountered this morning of the rolling English countryside . |
| 8 | At night she leaves her bed , lights a lamp , and gazes at it from all points of view . |