Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pinning a bright smile on her face , she carefully placed a sugar bowl on each table , beamed at them all impartially , scurried back for the pile of menus on the counter — only to have them forcibly removed from her hands by Feargal . |
| 2 | We may keep certain parts of ourselves well hidden from view , but our behaviour can speak volumes about attitudes , preferences and prejudices , some of which can be important when it comes to dealing with disputes and differences of opinion or possible action . |
| 3 | ‘ I never run from anyone , ’ she ground out . |
| 4 | Is it the moment of swallowing , the oscillation between danger and salvation , when we imagine ourselves miraculously rescued from the peril of drowning only to be cast into the peril of being eaten alive ? |
| 5 | Indeed it was precisely the industries which most benefited from this R and D ( aerospace , electronics ) which maintained their world lead most effectively . |
| 6 | As rapid economic and social change has worked its way through the countryside , however , the farm worker has found himself increasingly separated from the local village community both socially and — for those living out on the farms — geographically . |
| 7 | The Association has ever since this Congress played a prominent part in the affairs of the international deaf community through its membership of the World Federation , and it has itself greatly benefited from its international links . |
| 8 | Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth ? |
| 9 | Have n't you just arrived from Japan ? ’ |
| 10 | Despite her determination to be happy , she still suffered from chaotic dreams , and quickly plunged into everyday activity to save herself from the terrors of her own mind . |
| 11 | In the end , it seemed that sex was all you ever wanted from me . |
| 12 | The symptom of incontinence was broached in the question ‘ Have you ever suffered from any of these health problems ? ’ — a list of 15 problems being shown on a card . |
| 13 | Were you really taken from your mother 's womb and bred inside a nurture-unit until the world was ready for you ? |
| 14 | As speakers switch , so the deictic centre , on which the rest of the deictic system hangs , is itself abruptly moved from participant to participant . |
| 15 | He let Turgenev know that he had enjoyed his Sportsman 's Sketches , but his interest in them probably derived from his love of hunting rather than from the fact that the stories cast aspersions on serfdom . |
| 16 | But for me , soon after the operation , there occurred something so removed from anything I had ever experienced that I have never forgotten it . |
| 17 | At the third , one more transferred from Clarke ( Ind ) . |
| 18 | Caspar had said that no one ever escaped from the Robemaker — but I shall not believe that , thought Fenella . |
| 19 | This poem and The Last of the Flock exhibit a pathetic clinging to a single idea or possession which must not be destroyed : I mean something far removed from a simple love of property . |
| 20 | In my answers to the Murray Commission , I was not very complimentary to 40-overs Sunday cricket , thinking based on the fact that this version of the game is the one furthest removed from ‘ proper ’ cricket , and that over the 1991 season I had become so disenchanted with the Sunday slog ( in both senses ) that I had played so consistently badly on the Sabbath as to persuade my employers that somebody else might be more usefully selected on the day . |
| 21 | Another designer , this time a man , told me there is no such thing as a really new design , only a bit taken from here and something else added from there . |
| 22 | If it 's hits you want , you got ‘ em , loads of them , every one of them perfectly performed from ‘ Song For Whoever ’ , ‘ You Keep It All In ’ to ‘ A Little Time ’ . |
| 23 | It was noted that she kept herself almost isolated from her own colleagues . |
| 24 | Note that there is no reason for anyone to restrain their thoughts or their reflections on the reasons which apply to the case , nor are they necessarily debarred from criticising the arbitrator for having ignored certain reasons or for having been mistaken about their significance . |
| 25 | This begs the question : why were they not removed from s.61 as well ? |
| 26 | Many lives had been lost , Turkey continued active on the side of the Central Powers , and the passage from the Black Sea remained closed to Russia , leaving her still separated from , and unsupplied by , her allies . |
| 27 | They 've made him lie with his hands behind his head , which is a trick they probably picked from a Miami Vice afternoon repeat , except it looks stupid when the guy 's hairy legs are sticking out from the tail of his shirt . |
| 28 | It would have been invaluable to know what it was they really wanted from their association with the Ping Tiao . |
| 29 | How far were they newly promoted from the lower social ranks ? |
| 30 | At the Sollum Voe anchorage this 145 tons of sea water was pumped out and the ships patched up , causing a day 's delay but also giving time for Christmas dinner and a night 's sleep with everyone fully recovered from sea sickness , a malady with no respect for rank or courage . |