Example sentences of "[adv] from [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The need for a third dimension arises most obviously from what may be called the problem of philosophy . |
| 2 | ‘ Sir , ’ said a voice , ‘ in your place , I would have refreshed myself some inches upstream from my feet , for I have been walking in these boots for months , and the juice flowing away from me can not be sweet . |
| 3 | Indeed , so firmly did they reject the view that adults should be given the right to choose their own cinema entertainment — ‘ whatever turns you on ’ , as the saying went — that their Report marked the beginning of a historic swing of the pendulum away from what can now be seen as the libertarian heyday of British media law . |
| 4 | Marie felt the conversation drifting away from what should concern them most . |
| 5 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 6 | Perhaps the time spent away from him would help her regain some control over the wild emotions roiling inside her . |
| 7 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
| 8 | But I 've found that a few years away from something can make you realise just how much you want it — need it . ’ |
| 9 | People should remember that you need attention too , and not ignore you and sneak away from you , People who sneak away from you can not really be your friends in the first place . |
| 10 | They like analyzing and they like sort of practising or getting involved with complex things sort of complex piece of work very , they 're really happy in the training session to get involved whereas some people if you put something very hard , they 'll actually back away from it wo n't they cos they think well this is new , I do n't really understand this , whereas theorists will ac they actually enjoy they enjoy the stretch they enjoy the challenge . |
| 11 | In the case of light , therefore , this means that stars moving away from us will have their spectra shifted toward the red end of the spectrum ( red-shifted ) and those moving toward us will have their spectra blue-shifted . |
| 12 | Before doing any deal , Hewlett-Packard would have to weigh whether it would gain more from what would effectively be privileged access to Siemens ' customers than it would lose in self-impact on its already strong position in western Germany . |
| 13 | On teaching practice the students operated quite differently from what would have happened under the old system . |
| 14 | They range also from what can be seen , simply , as the ‘ translation ’ of ‘ ideology ’ into directly sensuous material , to what is better seen , in terms of the physical and material processes of art work , as production of a distinct and general kind . |
| 15 | In 1988 , the procedures were more open although still far from what could be described as ‘ democratic ’ . |
| 16 | Verbal abuse in the streets , broken windows and ‘ Russians go home ’ graffiti are common , and things came to a head recently in Perleberg , not far from what used to be the West/East German border . |
| 17 | This means that even in old age , we are able to recover at least partially from what might look like an incurable condition . |
| 18 | You know I 've got my tickets then from I 'll have to go . |
| 19 | There was no sound in the house , apart from what might have been the twittering of a caged bird coming from one of the closed doors on the ground floor . |
| 20 | Apart from what might constitute these culinary delights it has not gone unremarked that karate and bonsai are both parts of the culture of Japan . |