Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some lesbians exploited the opportunity to distance themselves from dirty , dangerous male sexuality , a vastly disproportionate number devoted themselves to AIDS work . |
| 2 | As his army approached close to the walls of Toulouse itself the townspeople seized the opportunity to emancipate themselves from comital authority . |
| 3 | I should happily give way — if it were in my power to do so — to give them the opportunity to dissociate themselves from that appalling motion . |
| 4 | In the event , Tyndale 's unorthodox beliefs and his lack of support for the annulment prevented him from having any direct impact on royal policy . |
| 5 | ‘ He put his foot between the two bottom rungs of the ladder and then caught at the upright to save himself from staggering . |
| 6 | I had n't got the change to ring you from the tube , and I 'd had to rush out of the house to get there because I woke up late . ’ |
| 7 | They are centred around a flower festival at St John 's from today until Sunday and include two organ recitals by Dr Donald Davison and an exhibition on the history of Malone parish , which will be presented by parishioner Dr Paul Larmour , the writer Take it from me , nobody knows more about the past of that part of Belfast than Paul . |
| 8 | And as if Ontario was n't pretty enough of a picture , there are the galleries showing everything from the avant-garde to Old Masters . |
| 9 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |
| 10 | Graham 's father actually gave him the money to buy it from Brixton , after we 'd been there to see it . |
| 11 | The rye hid him from the French rankers , and only those officers on horseback could see the Rifleman over the tall crop . |
| 12 | The centre-right Popular Action ( AP ) party , led by former President Fernando Belaúnde Terry ( 1980-1985 ) , which rejected Fujimori 's new date for municipal elections , now set for Jan. 29 , 1993 , and stated that " more than 17 political parties " demanded that he reverse the decision to postpone them from November 1992 [ see p. 38959 ] . |
| 13 | The car plunged into the ocean in the Bahamas and was seen emerging off Corsica — with an ordinary sweeping brush covering up the tell tale tracks in the sand left by the cable pulling it from the sea . |
| 14 | Clearly the subtle substructure of theological argument in the negative tradition which underlies the experiential theology of the Cloud-author distinguishes him from Julian of Norwich whose vibrant sense of the reality of the being of God at work in human nature was born out of her visionary meditative experience focused on Christ 's Passion . |
| 15 | The last section of the trail takes you from Bickleywood , on past Barhill Farm and across country to reach the Shropshire Union Canal . |
| 16 | After preaching on two or three occasions to the people of Kidderminster , the Vicar banned him from preaching any more . |
| 17 | Most pundits , so far at least , rule out the prospect of a neutral unified Germany , if only because the Federal Republic is too deeply rooted in the West to distance itself from its allies . |
| 18 | According to him Beatrice was so jealous that she locked Modi up in the cottage to keep him from going off with other women . |
| 19 | There the lucky ones among us were allowed half-way up the steps before being halted and held in position for twenty minutes while , I assume , the stewardess disentangled herself from more pressing engagements and tidied herself in readiness . |
| 20 | This is not the first time you have ventured comments without the necessity to drag them from you . ’ |
| 21 | All the Suffolk sites have been designated ‘ open access ’ but the term covers anything from freedom to roam the entire area to footpath access alone , a CC spokesman said . |
| 22 | Do not let this kindness on the part of the college discourage you from buying your own textbooks and building up a library of your own . |
| 23 | We use the words in the sense of a psychic process by which the mind protects itself from undue or unbearable pain , anxiety or conflict . |
| 24 | The shapes prevent them from bunching together . |
| 25 | Apart from injuries manager Jack Charlton insists he wo n't leave key players out of the side to safeguard them from possible suspension . |
| 26 | With a small , helpless moan she surrendered to the muscular arms tightening like a vice about her , gazing up at his hawk-like features thrown into sharp , dramatic relief by the pale moonlight , and trembling at the dangerous gleam in the eyes devouring her from beneath their heavy lids . |
| 27 | There was little to show that we were on an island , for the snow covered everything from horizon to horizon . |
| 28 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 29 | A treaty was agreed in 1490 , although a concession was made to the Venetians to exempt them from the Staple . |
| 30 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |