Example sentences of "[conj] his [noun] [vb pp] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marshal Akhromeev admitted that his views differed from Mr Gorbachev 's . |
| 2 | He kept quiet , excepting that his look changed from friendliness to seriousness . |
| 3 | Wilfrid 's biographer , some satisfaction to point out that Ecgfrith 's partnership with Wilfrid coincided with the king 's years of military success and that his failures followed from their differences . |
| 4 | Scott clearly felt that his ideas derived from native sources , compared with the foreign inspiration of the classical schemes . |
| 5 | So it is not surprising that his interest developed from driving them very fast and very skilfully to the point where he now heads a business specialising in accident repairs and coachbuilding with a turnover in the region of £7.5 million . |
| 6 | Immediately his hands dropped from her shoulders . |
| 7 | The ideology of Hitler and his cronies derived from a long history of pseudo-philosophical state thuggery . |
| 8 | Like an out-take from Falcon Crest , Souness and his wife moved from villa to mansion and back again , but his incurable obsession with football ultimately led to divorce and to a painful separation which distanced Souness from his children . |
| 9 | The lad was at the disco one Friday evening , three or four weeks after Derek and his wife returned from Canada . |
| 10 | He took to long fits of massaging , until his scalp glowed a wealed pink and his arms dropped from exhaustion . |
| 11 | This man and his parents originated from the south of England . |
| 12 | Boys with generally excellent appetite , Oliver Twist and his companions suffered from the tortures of slow starvation , starvation for three months , at least they got so for ferocious , is that right ? |
| 13 | But all that happens to him is that he topples into the mud with his arm broken and his face bruised from where the broken arm was smashed against it . |
| 14 | In May , he was " honourably received " by his father at Ingelheim , and his supporters recalled from exile ( though not restored to their lost honours ) . |
| 15 | His head was bald , and his shoulders curved from continuous bending over intricate work . |
| 16 | Athelstan closed the missal , all thoughts of Pike the ditcher and his family cleared from his head . |
| 17 | She stopped struggling at the sound of her name , and his hand dropped from her face . |
| 18 | In the event , his twelve Tests proved a singularly unhappy period as he lost four and drew eight ; he insisted that the responsibility did not affect him but his form declined — partly at least through a back injury — and his performances varied from moderate to dismal . |
| 19 | When the archbishop heard this he pretended that the king would not allow it to be done ; the pope , fired with the zeal of justice , ordered the archbishop in virtue of the obedience owed to him , not to delay longer in carrying this out or he would find himself suspended from his priestly office and his suffragans released from obedience to him . |
| 20 | After the Sloth , Gan and his woman retired from the fire they did n't help build , the merits of Gan 's woman were discussed . |
| 21 | He usually started drawing a figure from a certain point and then worked outwards , as if his drawings worked from within to without ; but in addition they were also extremely beautiful drawings in their own right . |
| 22 | But his path differed from theirs in one important respect . |
| 23 | But his stillness separated from the death |
| 24 | Christina knew she had struck the right businesslike chord as his expression changed from preoccupied to thoughtful . |
| 25 | She was drowning in sensory pleasure as his mouth moved from hers to place its erotic touch on her eyelids , her temples , followed the high line of her sculptured cheekbone , every movement speaking of his possessive need , his mounting passion , his overriding desire to invade and conquer her . |
| 26 | As his hand lifted from her neck she looked up . |