Example sentences of "[verb] from [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SARHWU claimed that 500-800 of its members were attacked by 1,000 strike-breaking vigilantes as they disembarked from trains at Germiston . |
| 2 | Parliament also approved stricter laws allowing the deportation of illegal immigrants , wider powers for border police , and checks on potential refugees disembarking from aircraft . |
| 3 | It can be seen that a long list of students ( or any other units ) could be used for a random sample by this means simply by numbering from beginning to end , and this could be done with an automatic increasing numbering stamp . |
| 4 | Her head beat from side to side and she said , ‘ Yes , yes , yes , yes , ’ again , then Lachlan — wiry , athletic-looking , skinny shanks ramming back and forth like some skinny bull — reached under her , pulled her up , his legs spreading , kneeling ; she hung onto him , arms round his neck , then after a few vertical stabs he threw her down , back onto the bed ; she grunted , arms still tight round his back , then she brought her legs up , right up over his thin , plunging , globe-buttocked behind , until her ankles were in the small of his back , rocking to and fro , feet crossed one over the other , locked there ; with one splayed hand she held onto his back , pressing him to her , and with the other hand she felt down the length of his body , over ribs and waist and hips , and with another grunt reached round and under , taking his balls in her hand , pressing them and kneading them and squeezing them . |
| 5 | As the power withdrew the madness lifted from Aenarion 's mind . |
| 6 | Remaining restrictions , preventing Italians from holding bank accounts overseas and from purchasing longer term financial instruments in foreign currencies , were lifted from May 14 [ see p. 37364 ] . |
| 7 | Saline soils form near the sea when salts are blown inland from spray in summer , or in salt-laden snow lifted from sea ice in winter . |
| 8 | Shareholders benefit from a dividend total lifted from 18.8p in 1991 to 19.1p , after a final of 12.9p , but holders of L&G investment policies will not do so well . |
| 9 | It is a shame that our only access to the experiences of the Colombian people is via the odd journalistic collage , usually lifted from El Tiempo , one of the country 's Liberal newspapers . |
| 10 | That the country would be lifted from recession should Neil Kinnock step aside in my favour counts for nothing . |
| 11 | In August 1991 , the shadow of Communist imperialism was finally lifted from Europe ; in December of that year , the EEC Heads of Government negotiated the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 12 | The cloud lifted from Karl 's face . |
| 13 | Until that evil burden is lifted from Mr. Rushdie 's shoulders , the Government and the European Community should have nothing to do with Iran and its Government . |
| 14 | The maximum points would be required from the Cuban clash and tomorrow 's contest with Canada , if the pressure is to be lifted from Wednesday 's final preliminary with Malasia . |
| 15 | At the same time , the Chancellor announced that with immediate effect the threshold for the 1 per cent stamp duty charged on houses would be lifted from £30,000 to £60,000 , which will cut the cost of buying a £60,000 home by £600 . |
| 16 | Thailand 's GDP per head , for example , is lifted from $1,780 to $1,580 . |
| 17 | For example in Les heureux époux and Silène ( book 2 ) , whose airs were lifted from Danchet and Campra 's censored ballet Les amours de Venus ( 1712 ) , the composer routinely set almost all the new recitatives Danchet wrote for them in the mode opposite to that of the air they precede , although there is no affective call for this . |
| 18 | With £10.8m cash under its belt , and earnings up 7 p.c. to 12½p a share , the payout is being lifted from 4.31p to 43/4p , with a 3.3p final on July 7 . |
| 19 | The dividend total is being lifted from 17.44p to 18p , with a 12.33p final on July 24 . |
| 20 | But ‘ belong ’ — she is fearful that for her at least the word may explode , may vanish in a puff of smoke as delicate as the smoke that trickles from Fenna 's nostrils when he is asleep ; as delicate as the fronds of smoke that drift mysteriously from the end of Phoebe 's cigarette when she gestures impatiently in conversation . |
| 21 | So Jezrael left her enemy shivering with the nearness of death — for she had felt the fire of fury that radiated from Jezrael — and walked back into Hell . |
| 22 | One theory is that the town was once part of a vast cosmic Zodiac which radiated from Stonehenge . |
| 23 | This is fine — it means that the newcomers can act from day one . |
| 24 | Her the answer is simple : strip off the paint from window and frame , back to bare wood , then repaint from scratch . |
| 25 | As I mentioned on the phone yesterday : update on music permissions that have developed since last week : Waterfront ( Simple Minds ) ( confirmation awaited from artists ) and I Like Driving in my Car ( Madness ) will be £75 each for 3 years ' world license , excluding USA . |
| 26 | A response is awaited from Lothian Health Board regarding their possible involvement in distributing the packs . |
| 27 | The bill accepts the administration 's demand for a $150,000 limit on the punitive damages that women may seek from companies that practice discrimination ( although there is no limit on compensatory damages ) . |
| 28 | To tide it over , the government will seek from parliament a limited spending authority . |
| 29 | He was younger than she had supposed from Jenny 's description — in his early thirties , and as good-looking as she had expected . |
| 30 | A cat or monkey using its perceptual powers in leaping from wall to wall , or branch to branch , needs some representation of stability and support . |