Example sentences of "[noun sg] separate [pers pn] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 22 men crammed into a small wooden hut with nothing , but panels and a curtain separating them from the rest . |
| 2 | Gradually he established the right to separate them from the land , to buy and sell serfs like cattle . |
| 3 | These with some stalls intervening , we saw reached to the furthermost end of the main building , a wall separating them from the Museum and also from College Street . |
| 4 | Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean . |
| 5 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
| 6 | No front garden , just two feet of concrete between the house and the pavement , with a little wall to separate us from the road . |
| 7 | A male is caged on one side of a barrier separating him from the females in the same cage for 2 days . |
| 8 | One of the students banged his fist loudly on the partition separating them from the driver . |
| 9 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
| 10 | The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour . |
| 11 | Now only another thirty yards of lawn separated them from the side wall of the house . |
| 12 | The first of the three lamps is referred to as the backlight , and its function is to provide a rim of light from behind the subject in order to separate it from the background . |