Example sentences of "be [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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1 | We will be using it from now on . |
2 | She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off . |
3 | 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 ’ . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | He figured all the time he was talking he 'd be keeping me from smashing up his hand with the gun-butt . |
7 | She wanted to watch him and then say something to find out how hard it would be to retrieve him from such self-preservation . |
8 | The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him . |
9 | 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 . ) |
10 | seemed to be holding them from better place from the springs we could n't find are n't they ? |
11 | It could be argued that if these children were not getting their ‘ dangerous ’ ideas from television , they would be getting them from films , comics and magazines , not to mention their parents ( not that that is an argument for unlimited viewing for children ) . |
12 | Even before this he had lingered in her mind , seeming to be calling her from France after that one meeting . |
13 | I felt that hidden eyes must be observing us from behind bushes and tree-trunks . |
14 | I think that everyone seems to pass the buck , I mean the parents think , oh they 'll learn it at school and the teachers think , oh co they should be learning it from their parents , and yo , you never learn it from anyone just from your friends . |
15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
16 | He stared at me a moment , as though he suspected I might be hiding something from him . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | The trouble was going to be to stop them from getting over-enthusiastic . |
19 | This time it would be to stop herself from freezing , or starving , to death . |
20 | So same same as before , we 'll be coordinating it from forty five Broadway and we 'll erm be open house for for volunteers and I 'll draw up a rota . |
21 | What might be watching him from the shadows ? |
22 | BIG Brother will be watching you from the end of this week when spy cameras start to operate in north-east Essex . |
23 | At least the German infantry wo n't be attacking us from across the field in front of our positions , as long as this barrage keeps up . |