Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb pp] from its " in BNC.
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| 1 | He held both of them for a moment before turning to Ian and presenting him with a sword drawn from its scabbard . |
| 2 | Payment was never made for a vessel taken from its owner for royal service ; nor was compensation for loss of a ship , or even damage to its equipment , normally given . |
| 3 | A baby separated from its mother also uses infrasound , and when suckling it emits infrasonic versions of a human baby 's gurgles . |
| 4 | It may be that a separate recogniser could be constructed that would concentrate on these sort of features , i.e. the shape of a word found from its ascending and descending characters . |
| 5 | It is for the House itself , in the final analysis , to determine whether one can take one 's place , and , if issue were joined ( as is occasionally the case where succession to an hereditary peerage is contested or doubtful ) the House would decide on the basis of a report received from its Committee of Privileges . |
| 6 | If she eased up on this will for just a moment , love would fly away like a bird released from its cage . |
| 7 | Pakistan , for example , is an acronym constructed from its component parts : P for the Punjab ; A for Afghan border ; K for Kashmir ; S for Sind . |