Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Juntas were thwarted in their organization of a war effort by the spiky legalism of those local organs of the ancien régime which survived in unoccupied Spain , they could defend their authority only be deriving it from the elections of ‘ a free people who did not wish to perish ’ . |
| 2 | Whereas in Los Angeles I manipulated costly hot and cold water in appropriate vessels throughout the house , Bali is a network of streams and rivers which , like veins and arteries , must be distinguished one from the other for their various uses . |
| 3 | The policy seems to be to segregate us from the Chinese as regards eating , sleeping travel , etc. as much as possible , but mainly for our own comfort , so that we can enjoy a higher standard of life than the Chinese themselves could expect . |
| 4 | The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him . |
| 5 | No true blue inhabitant of Paradise Street or Mouncy Street ever needed to be told anything from the police ; they had ways of finding out . ) |
| 6 | ‘ Once you start taking people from poor families you might well be tempted to concentrate just on them , and in the end you wo n't be taking anyone from the streets at all . ’ |
| 7 | Ryzhkov made no mention of a referendum in his address on May 24 , however , and subsequently officials appeared to be distancing themselves from the idea . |
| 8 | What might be watching him from the shadows ? |
| 9 | BIG Brother will be watching you from the end of this week when spy cameras start to operate in north-east Essex . |