Example sentences of "from [pron] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then washed I thee with water ; yea , I cleansed away thy blood from thee and I anointed thee with oil . |
| 2 | Over the years , Anne had put up with an awful lot from me and she had now finally decided she could n't take it any more . |
| 3 | It felt as though someone was pulling my lifeline away from me and I was flailing around , trying to grab hold of it . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know about anyone else , ’ said Jay , in the eerily calm eye of the storm , ‘ but you seemed to want me , seemed to be holding back from me and I do n't know why . |
| 5 | She sort of froze for a moment , tried to smile and not smile at the same time , looked uncomprehendingly at me , turned ever so slightly towards the farther side of the road from me and walked away with quick nervous steps . |
| 6 | He had taken them away from me and was making them his own . |
| 7 | And now , one word from me and she 'll be round that police station , letting them know all about you … . ’ |
| 8 | Must remember to spoon up my soup away from me and not slurp it all down my chin . |
| 9 | The inspiration is from me and her , but first of all it 's from her . ’ |
| 10 | When she had a piece within her I said , ‘ Maria , you can turn away from me and sing , because I know you will never be one tiny part of a bar out . ’ |
| 11 | Did you not yourself say that our love must be holy ? ’ or when she pointed out that his ‘ lovely poems ’ would have been less lovely if she had not pro vided ‘ the unrest and storm that made them possible ’ : ‘ Beloved I will pray with my whole strength that suffering and temptation may be taken from you as they have been taken from me and that we may gain spiritual union stronger than earthly union could ever be . ’ |
| 12 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
| 13 | He produced a U.S. dollar bill , took a Canadian dollar from me and a Russian five-rouble note , stuck them together end to end , had the group sign them , and dubbed me a ‘ short-snorter ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , when she does hear about it , ’ Bull O'Malley snapped , ‘ 'twill be from me and only me ! |
| 15 | He stopped a little way away from me and fell down on the grass and hid his face in his arms . |
| 16 | Asked by a perfumed interrogator whether I would like a large slice of my earned income to be taken from me and devoted to helping the poor , I would feel loathe to shake my head . |
| 17 | He sat in the seat across the aisle from me and said the cars would be backed into a siding for two days , the engine would be removed and used elsewhere , and there would be a security guard on duty . |
| 18 | A wooden Scotty-dog with a waggly , leather jointed body nipped my finger , and he snatched it from me and hurled it on to the fire , hitting it repeatedly with the poker until it disintegrated . |
| 19 | Micheline sounded excited to hear from me and I was invited to the group 's meeting a few weeks later . |
| 20 | Catherine says : ‘ I do n't want to call Spartacus a stepping-stone , but it 's the first record people will hear from me and I think it 's a classy piece of work . |
| 21 | Mrs McDougall , with a quick , concerned look at me , took my basket from me and dumped it on the counter . |
| 22 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 23 | There 's a young woman of 17 who lives just down the road from me and has taken to calling on me of late . |
| 24 | Next time you get a letter from me and feel inclined to belittle my style , remember that the leading journal of the world calls it noble . |
| 25 | You take your orders from me and I take mine from the Chief Constable . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell me what you want to know from me and I 'll see if I can oblige , ’ he says , after another pause slashed and stabbed by the insect life . |
| 27 | All might still have been well , if he had n't , in a desire to make me happier stood away from me and said , " You look lovely . " |
| 28 | He pushed away from me and stood up and stumbled over to a wooden chest , tearing one of its drawers right out so that it crashed to the carpeted floor and a load of jumpers fell out . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know who has this map , but I want it to be kept secret , even from me and Mr Arrow . |
| 30 | My sister used to borrow from me and I used to charge her interest . |