Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] from [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a pinch of ingenuity , he built one from Thermolite blocks rendered with cement and sand . |
| 2 | His favourite radio show was Ryuichi Sakamoto 's — ‘ He played everything from Indian music to Erik Satie ’ — so he sent Sakamoto a tape , who broadcast it twice , and ‘ we became a good relationship ’ . |
| 3 | erm And he describes them in these terms because of course this is how he sees them from different angles while rounding a series of bends on the road , so that in fact he describes the movement which his senses perceive , not the solid immobility to which his intellect testifies . |
| 4 | We all have people in our churches who have this sunny disposition , who can chat unselfconsciously with the shy and defensive newcomer , and so relax them that quickly and imperceptibly he takes them from small talk on to more serious matters . |
| 5 | Although he distanced himself from this view prior to the election , he campaigned strongly on the promise to " return safe and clean streets " . |
| 6 | Psalm 34:4 sums up how I feel about the Lord : ‘ I sought the LORD , and he answered me ; he delivered me from all my fears . ’ |
| 7 | had given , in the course of his judgment , a summary of the law governing the procedure for requiring a specimen of blood or urine under what is now section 7(4) , as he derived it from previous decisions , in the following passage : |
| 8 | Allison turned Book into a League star at the age of 30 when he took him from non-League Bath City to Plymouth Argyle . |
| 9 | He forgives us ours sin and he cleanses us from all our sin . |
| 10 | Will he dissociate himself from that comment and will he take action today to see that the hon. Gentleman concerned is ’ liberated ’ from his ministerial duties ? |
| 11 | Webb 's finest hour came in 1984 when , with Derby just days away from going out of business with debts of £1.5 million , he promoted himself from managing director to chairman . |
| 12 | Like all Scots he seemed to her intelligent and well-bred , but uniquely devoted after he saved her from two carriage accidents and two assailants . |
| 13 | He excused himself from diplomatic assignments on the grounds of ( often genuine ) ill health and the poverty of his bishopric , and spent much time improving episcopal residences , especially at Halling and Trottiscliffe . |
| 14 | He dangled it from one finger , swung it slowly backwards and forwards in front of the tourist 's eyes . |