Example sentences of "the [noun] [vb past] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The rye hid him from the French rankers , and only those officers on horseback could see the Rifleman over the tall crop . |
| 3 | After preaching on two or three occasions to the people of Kidderminster , the Vicar banned him from preaching any more . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was little to show that we were on an island , for the snow covered everything from horizon to horizon . |
| 6 | We trained hard as well but the snow stopped us from doing too much off-road riding . |
| 7 | Leaves danced curlicues on the pavement as the wind ripped them from the plane trees and sent them scurrying along the ground . |
| 8 | The DUC disassociated itself from the arson and monkeywrenching , and remained independent of the and-nuclear movement . |
| 9 | Half the people in the study received nothing from a formal agency and the authors conclude that the Social Fund ‘ is largely irrelevant to most real-life situations within which the poorest people find themselves ’ . |
| 10 | The Chelsea Waterworks Co. were authorised by statute to lay mains and were under a statutory duty to maintain a continuous supply of water ; it was an inevitable consequence that damage would be caused by occasional bursts and so by necessary implication the statute exempted them from liability where there was no ‘ negligence . ’ |
| 11 | There could be only one consequence as the clothier distanced itself from its customers . |
| 12 | The project of a road connecting the Cariboo gold-fields to the coast occupied him from 1862 . |
| 13 | He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him . |
| 14 | That is , they translate words back into the same modality of bodily experience from which those who spoke the words derived them from within their own bodies . |
| 15 | Several physiotherapists mentioned that the active nature of the job benefited them physically and a number of people with sensory impairments believed that the nature of the work prevented them from becoming isolated . |
| 16 | The girl pulled herself from the mattress and stood with one hand on her hip , in an aggressive pose . |
| 17 | In the winter of 1975 the council evicted us from our squat and those of us who formed the nucleus of that original women 's house were dispersed around the country . |
| 18 | Shouting and grey in the face the guard took them from him while everybody in the carriage woke up . |
| 19 | It was uncomfortable , but the wood kept it from being cold . |
| 20 | The judges extrapolated it from the fact that constables hold office under the Crown and are sworn to keep the peace . |
| 21 | The Law prevented them from helping . |
| 22 | It is regrettable that the judge heard nothing from the appellants ' side , despite the fact that they were represented — no oral evidence , no affidavit evidence , not even an address in mitigation . |
| 23 | The constable grabbed it from him and grabbed his arm at the same time . |
| 24 | From the standpoint of the scholar interested in learning there was , of course , the practical objection that the duties of the kadilik distracted one from the pursuit of . |
| 25 | By now , the scene resembled something from Flanders and , for the first time , I stared possible failure in the face . |
| 26 | ‘ Once they were a proud people and ruled the greater part of Scotland but the Celts , the Angles , the Saxons and the Normans drove them from their lands into the dark vastness of the forests . |
| 27 | The conventions prevented her from heaping any further abuse on Chay Bank , a housing project which she had frequently and loudly denounced , but near which she had never set foot : the precariousness of her own social position would forever prevent her from visiting Fred Bowen , and this yearly ritual meeting on neutral ground was as much as she would ever dare risk . |
| 28 | ‘ … I became fretful , & timorous , & a tell-tale — & the School-boys drove me from play , & were always tormenting me — & hence I took no pleasure in boyish sports . ’ |
| 29 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 30 | When the challengers , who have a bigger budget and more style than the host body , wanted to open their own village , the ACOC barred them from using the words ‘ America 's Cup ’ . |