Example sentences of "[verb] she from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Her legs were bandaged in leather swathes , protecting her from the long , cruel needles of the prickly pear . |
| 2 | ( The truth is I do n't want to forgive her , because it will free her from the grappling irons I have on her . |
| 3 | Thomas was sure the other androids would have rescued her from the burning ship but , discovering she was not part of their mission , would then have executed her . |
| 4 | It seemed to be the only real thing in the universe ; the temple , the city , the motorspeeder , all of these were illusions devised to distract her from the important issues , the real business of life . |
| 5 | Finally , she left for the airfield in a pale-green safari suit , which marked her a soldier 's wife but distinguished her from the lesser spouses . |
| 6 | Linda recognised her from the previous day at school . |
| 7 | She remembered mother 's compassion in saving her from the certain shock of such evil envelopes . |
| 8 | If Marc was the ogre guarding the crock of gold , then Peter had to be cast as the white knight , saving her from the dreaded dragon ! |
| 9 | Dreamer came up to Tallis and tugged and twisted her from the frozen ground . |
| 10 | Strong hands lifted her from the rocking horse , and sat her on the table . |
| 11 | At the same time she knew that her gender isolated her from the ritualised socialising of other senior officers . |
| 12 | Would that remove her from the ordinary people ? |
| 13 | Only then , as the brilliant colour swam into her face , was Lindsey aware of Niall , shielding her from the other man 's gaze , gaining her the precious seconds she needed to recover . |
| 14 | Her head lay next to the thin wall that separated her from the two of them . |
| 15 | Surprisingly light and nimble , he jumped out and extended a hand to help her from the rocking boat . |
| 16 | My mother 's hotel may have elevated her from the raw stuff of commerce — so much so that she now subscribed to Country Living and other unspecialist periodicals — but the caravan enclosure was decaying anew . |
| 17 | If Flavia 's passion and occasional petulance in the second book diminish her from the dedicated Elphberg to a woman of lesser breed , she becomes more individual , a more positive key to the course of a story which , as compelling as The Prisoner of Zenda in its chases and escapes , its dark streets and darker forests , and as strongly tied by the theme of honour , is subtly more human than its predecessor . |
| 18 | He sat back and released her from the probing examination , meeting her gaze more normally . |
| 19 | In the former an all-female host of angels welcomes the birth of a new soul , a young girl , into its midst — uplifting her from the bottom foreground into the centre of the picture . |
| 20 | Captain Meredith observed her from the open door , as did Miss Jarman . |
| 21 | Forcing herself to assume a composure she was far from feeling , Gina allowed him to usher her from the small lobby behind the front door into a living-room of graceful proportions . |
| 22 | She was just about to go inside again when over to her right , by the high stone wall that marked the boundary of the Roscarrock estate , she heard a single , high-pitched whistle , and looking round she saw a face observing her from the other side . |
| 23 | Jesus Delporto 's dying scream had followed Ace all the way to the lower moon , down the violently oscillating length of the Bridge , past bizarre machinery which seethed with naked power , and through the gap she had torched in the base of the column ; it followed her as eager hands pulled her from the writhing Bridge , stripped away her suit and placed her with the others in the medical unit ; followed her into sleep , forced a path into her dreams , drove her screaming and unrested into wakefulness . |
| 24 | In some ways I feel her peculiar dilemma parallels my own for she described her stance as one which distanced her from the classical anthropological mode , creating a ‘ memorable adventure ’ , which she claims , ‘ has marked me for life ’ ( ibid. 22 ) . |
| 25 | But a childhood gaining a reputation as an impulsive scatterbrain should n't preclude her from the same opportunities and privileges her brother received , should it ? |
| 26 | War was declared and , more or less at the same time , her mother , who wished to distance her from the rough and ready children at the village school , arranged for her to have piano lessons . |
| 27 | But nothing reached her from the other cabin . |
| 28 | She was unshackled and they were dragging her from the only remaining hut . |
| 29 | His next letter offered her marriage to save her from the dreadful future of stripping off that she would be subjected to otherwise . |
| 30 | ‘ She is a very sweet natured little thing , very non-aggressive , and Mia liked her from the very start , ’ said Marie . |