Example sentences of "separate [pron] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In one direction only a little earthy bank separates me from the edge of the ocean , while in the other the valley goes back for miles and miles . |
2 | Darkened windows separated them from the chauffeur . |
3 | Thirty yards separated them from the catamaran . |
4 | She saw that the leader of the religious group had separated himself from the majority and was standing near to the sea 's edge and looking directly at the horizon . |
5 | The fields were divided into strips of round-backed ridges , separated one from the other by ploughed furrows which acted as land drains . |
6 | A long thin garden of lawn and ornamental cypresses , enclosed by shrubs and then by iron railings , separated it from the boulevard between the cemetery and the church . |
7 | 22 men crammed into a small wooden hut with nothing , but panels and a curtain separating them from the rest . |
8 | These with some stalls intervening , we saw reached to the furthermost end of the main building , a wall separating them from the Museum and also from College Street . |
9 | One of the students banged his fist loudly on the partition separating them from the driver . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Instead , he was leaning forward , peering through the glass that separated them from the chauffeur and glaring furiously at the car in front of them . |
12 | She seemed pulled out , elongated by it , so that her shoes , her new bronze slippers with rosettes on the toes that Aunt Emily had said she must keep hidden at all times if possible since legs and feet were highly indecent , seemed far further away than the five and a half feet she knew separated them from the crown of her head . |
13 | For a few decades , too , the English also used hobelars with success along the borders which separated them from the enemy in France , and in particular at the siege of Calais in 1346–7 , where they had some 600 or so to help them keep the French at a distance . |
14 | The shops on the Garlands ' side of the street backed on the water and only a narrow paved walk separated them from the harbour . |
15 | In Germany even the most ‘ respectable ’ workers were pressed into the ranks of the proletariat by the distance which separated them from the bourgeoisie , and the strength of intermediate classes . |
16 | Now only another thirty yards of lawn separated them from the side wall of the house . |
17 | Back in prehistoric times , the river which we now call the Thames was created by rains falling on hilly ground on the western side of this country , and meandering lazily until it found its way into the sea on the eastern side of the continental peninsular which became an island by separating itself from the continent of Europe . |
18 | Then , there was a mile of deep treacherous water separating him from the Forest of Dean . |
19 | Having got this far , he allowed himself another minute or so before confronting the thousand-day journey which separated him from the bathroom . |
20 | The entire world shrank to the mere fifteen feet separating her from the man she had thought never to see again . |
21 | It had been built on a piece of glebe land behind the church , with a narrow drive running up beside the churchyard wall , separating it from the lane , isolating it from other houses . |
22 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
23 | Separate them from the parent plant , transferring the new plants to growbags in early September , half a dozen plants to a bag . |
24 | How will the Scottish Office separate one from the other ? |
25 | No roads , just a pool , separate it from the sea making it ideal for families . |
26 | The area below the stair then becomes part of the lounge , extending back from the glazed folding doors that separate it from the dining-room ( Fig 48 ) . |
27 | The world is littered with communities which believe that if they could only separate themselves from the world , they would escape the consequences of original sin . |
28 | Only with an effort did those who had been to all the other parties locate one another and separate themselves from the mob . |
29 | This is not a call to glorify suffering for its own sake , but to realize that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ , whatever it may be . |
30 | When we turn to God in prayer and supplication with thanksgiving , God will fill us with the peace which passes all understanding , nothing in all creation can separate us from the love of God which is expressed in Jesus Christ his son , our Lord . |