Example sentences of "[conj] they [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | When feeding your dogs do n't hand them their meat or they might take it from your elbow down . |
| 2 | One suspects that the writers were not altogether clear in their own minds ; the monk of Croyland , for all his extravagant remarks about the northerners , also spoke in terms of the ‘ sovereignty of England ’ , when describing a prophecy among the Welsh , whom he certainly regarded as different , that they would recover it from the English , although they failed to do so in 1469 ( 14 , p.543 ) . |
| 3 | ‘ We never expected that they would attack us from behind — from Ethiopia , ’ said Dr Justin Arop , SPLA representative in Nairobi . |
| 4 | The RUC are anxious to speak to the driver of a maroon Maestro car which was close to the murder scene yesterday morning , in order that they can eliminate them from the murder investigation . |
| 5 | Apparently if click on one particular size that they can get it from , that could wipe out 's business cos as soon as they click one size , then 'll be in and wipe the floor with them . |
| 6 | And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis . |
| 7 | He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds . |
| 8 | He came to me and said , ‘ I have talked with my directors and they will give you from now on DM 250,000 a year . ’ |
| 9 | And every so often erm the British look at this with a rather interested eye , and you 'll find that erm Parliamentary committees erm there was one on the British Civil Service about two years , three years ago , nineteen seventy-seven , they went over to France to have a look at how the French did this to see if they could learn anything from the French experience , but in fact it 's very difficult to transport somebody else 's experience , lock , stock and barrel , into the British situation , and they quite sensibly concluded this would n't be a good idea . |
| 10 | If they can change me from one to another by using hormones , they can now give me the male hormones and then I 've got everything I want . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You think your gown old and shabby , but they would rip it from your body because ‘ t is better than the rags they wear . |
| 12 | Only a small proportion of his men were actually with him now , others coming in singly and in groups as they could disentangle themselves from the embroilment . |