Example sentences of "of [v-ing] [pron] [noun sg] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important example of this will be Bailees for reward i.e. a Marina or Repairer storing a vessel for a fee — if the vessel is damaged whilst in their custody and control there may well be a possibility of recovering our outlay from them . |
| 2 | To be sure , Khrushchev committed the obvious folly of challenging his rival from a position of weakness ; but the greater folly consisted of challenging the rival 's vital interests from weakness . |
| 3 | Whether she was star struck , or simply just ambitious for her daughter , Patsy failed in her primary duty of protecting her daughter from a confused and selfish man . |
| 4 | Through sorcery , the Piaroa shaman leader is highly violent on a daily basis toward the end of protecting his community from the dangers of disease and death , both being considered to be attacks by cannibalistic beings from both this and other worlds . |
| 5 | This is not to say that a don must affect mannerisms or artificial eccentricities as a way of keeping his distance from the pupil — though many have done this . |
| 6 | He accepts the acclamation of the mountain men as a way of saving his playmate from rough handling , after she has found the Crown . |
| 7 | But for me it 's a bit like a tennis match — I get tired of turning my head from side to side listening to you . ’ |
| 8 | Just because he had by now become an important agent of the Roman rule , and one whom the Romans trusted , he felt the need of continuing his history from 166 to 146 to show how the Romans had behaved . |
| 9 | The Jesuits , in spite of starting their building from scratch , retained the medieval dedication to St Nicholas . |
| 10 | It was simply that he could think of no other way of prolonging her absence from him indefinitely . |
| 11 | The banks want us to pay them for the privilege of making their money from our money . |
| 12 | Radio One DJ Jakki Brambles had the bright idea of getting Jason to record As Time Goes By after she and producer Jonathan Ruffle dreamed up the idea of broadcasting her show from Morocco to mark the film 's 50th anniversary . |
| 13 | The other lawyer stood up , slightly flushed from the effort of raising his bulk from the cushioned bench . |