Example sentences of "[noun pl] separate [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 It had a large nave with massive columns separating it from the aisles ( 92 and 93 ) .
2 The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again .
3 Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings .
4 Matheson 's defeat by Witt was disappointing following his first round victory over 13th seed Jakob Hlasek but hardly surprising given the 372 places separating them in the world rankings .
5 Although the ET-6 also makes use of the new T-bass shape , its natural-finished , more exotic woods separate it from the plain old ‘ T ’ version .
6 Thirty yards separated them from the catamaran .
7 Just under a hundred yards separated him from the police officers of two nations when he died .
8 Darkened windows separated them from the chauffeur .
9 City are thus able to check the Premier table to find they have eight teams below them with a gap of nine points separating them from the relegation zone .
10 Only an alarming collapse by four of the clubs above Quakers can save them from an instant return to the Fourth Division , with nine points separating them from the fifth bottom club .
11 Fewer than fifteen hundred votes separated them from the winning Conservative last time round .
12 The Chair of the Moldovan parliament , Aleksandru Moshanu , reiterated Snegur 's views , and urged that Moldova should identify itself with Romania , dropping the term " Moldovan people " which was " dogma imposed by the [ Soviet ] colonizers to separate us from the Romanians " .
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