Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime . |
| 2 | The only rigour in Hennigian cladistics is produced by the straitjacket of assumptions that Hennig has fastened on himself and his version of the subject , which effectively separates it from having anything to do with evolution . |
| 3 | He had since heard nothing from Mr Rowland . |
| 4 | Bernard Coard 's How the West Indian Child is made Educationally Sub-Normal in the British School System ( 1971 ) had already given concrete expression to many black parents ' justified fears that their children were being systematically mis-classified as educationally subnormal and relegated to a ‘ special ’ education which effectively excluded them from any possibility of acquiring decent qualifications . |
| 5 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 6 | Fortunately , many of them know that their relatives and friends will be calling in to see them from time to time ; but ‘ from time to time ’ does not take care of those long days and nights in between , when , apart from their often desperate need for company , they feel frighteningly cut off from the world of people who would come to their aid at once if they fell ill , if only they had the means of contacting them . |
| 7 | Antoinette 's legs and feet twitched under the covers , would suddenly throw themselves from side to side . |
| 8 | ‘ She had spirit enough to fling herself from the tower to be free of you . |
| 9 | Hirsch 's formulation does not exclude the possibility of understanding literature in aesthetic terms , it merely prohibits us from claiming that this is how literature is , essentially , to be comprehended . |
| 10 | With his hands so painful , the effort of holding open the springy collar enough to slide it from round his neck made him sweat . |
| 11 | ‘ I only got it from Lewens for fifteen ! ’ |
| 12 | This not only separates him from his brothers but also from God and is disastrous . |
| 13 | And if I handle all with my own hands , and keep the prince clear of it — though he knows my mind , and it is his mind , too — I do so to preserve him from harassment by those who will hear of nothing less than Owen 's head on London Bridge . |
| 14 | The bills came on the morning of the burial , and he suddenly drew them from his pocket during the service , opening them without knowing what he was doing . |
| 15 | Still not enough to tempt you from the tourist route ? |
| 16 | The traffic queue into London stretched back miles , for a sewer had collapsed in the centre of Wandsworth and gangs of workmen were tearing up the shattered road , apparently rebuilding it from scratch . |
| 17 | She caught a glimpse of a disfigured , oddly proportioned face in the depths of the shadowy hood , but this was n't enough to distract her from her purpose . |
| 18 | When it happened for a third time , it became remarkable enough to distract him from a rapt analysis of Heather 's reasoning . |
| 19 | All of his staff had been damaged in some way , but for those who were shy , or clever enough to hide themselves from Lennon 's advance . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've only seen it from a great distance . |
| 21 | Instead of water lapping the romantic old stone walls of wharves and warehouses , palaces and towers , there is mud — a pallid dark grey mud , littered with the dunnage of long-dispersed cargoes , bits of broken packing cases , carried up with the tide and brought down again , the rusted frames of worn-out bicycles , the pathetic remnants of somebody 's pram , upside down , its upholstery all gone , motionless , futile wheels apparently beseeching something from the air . |
| 22 | ‘ I may have told Mrs Quatt that my position demands that I remain impartial , but one can not entirely prevent oneself from having human feelings and preferences ! ’ |
| 23 | Education can make people more productive while health can only prevent them from becoming less productive . |
| 24 | I remove the fry just before this stage ; gently syphoning them from their leaf , and then treating them as for fry hatched artificially . |
| 25 | Spending our lives in jealousy and envy can only isolate us from other people and make us unhappy . |
| 26 | But then , as I have argued earlier , there was nothing in the basic assumptions of classicism that necessarily prevented it from being equally critical . |
| 27 | ( c ) There was an additional reason for considering that there was no infringement of article 52 : the criterion of the owner 's nationality did not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom to operate fishing vessels — it only prevented them from doing so under the British flag . |
| 28 | It had been Kurt who had set up the dozens of licensing deals for menswear and toiletries , bedlinen and beachwear , soft furnishings and costume jewellery , all bearing the name of Hugo Varna , which had not only saved him from bankruptcy but also made him his first million . |
| 29 | They set out towards the west , taking their direction from the sun , but the density of thorn thickets constantly drove them from their line . |
| 30 | He was determined to disarm any refugees who came into the grounds , and so prevent anyone from starting trouble there . |