Example sentences of "by [v-ing] [pron] from [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could the best interests of the children be served by tearing them from their beds and flying them away from their island home to be completely separated from everything dear and familiar . |
| 2 | By absenting himself from her court , by this final and suicidal invisibility , he has denied her her heart 's desire . |
| 3 | Some tried to help the poor by removing them from their environment , others aimed to change that environment and to help families and individuals within it . |
| 4 | Gradually it dawned on Peter that Molland wanted more than confirmation of his decisions and to demonstrate his own honesty : he honestly believed that this numbingly tedious attention to detail was doing Peter a favour by distracting him from his grief . |
| 5 | operations of the enterprise may be jeopardised by the frequent attendance of executives at meetings , and by distracting them from their real duties ; |
| 6 | Most of them adapted by distancing themselves from their homes , from the attitudes and habits of their parents . |
| 7 | In analysing these three passages in terms of a selection of their stylistic features , we have no doubt lost a great deal by isolating them from their literary context . |
| 8 | Some schools of linguistics have sought to understand language by isolating it from its context : something which is clearly impossible when we actually use language for communication . |
| 9 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |
| 10 | The charges allege that on various occasions over the 14 months to August last year at the home , she assaulted one woman by throwing her from her bed on to a chair then a commode , putting her in a bath against her will and pulling her along a corridor , and of assaulting the second woman in a similar manner by throwing her from her bed on to a wheelchair and then a commode , dragging her across a room and tying her to a chair . |