Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] from [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This simply means that instead of bending and scuffling around for saucepans stacked up in a dark base unit , try hanging them from hooks near the sink ( where you are going to fill them with water ) or near the stove . |
| 2 | Her young are born in the nest and she leaves them there , protecting them from predators by blocking the hole with soil , which she packs down quite tightly . |
| 3 | Operators who have their tachograph charts analysed by an outside agency need to be careful about exactly what it is they are buying and whether it meets their requirements in protecting them from breaches of the law by their employees and agents . |
| 4 | Securing himself in the newly built citadel on a hill overlooking the Fatimid city , Salah al-Din also launched his army once more against the Crusaders driving them from Jerusalem in 1178 . |
| 5 | leather-covered armchair , the back of which is extended to form a hood over the occupant 's head , thus protecting him from draughts in the hallway of a mansion , where the chair would be situated . |
| 6 | His Anglican faith was visible rather than assiduous ; he apologises in his diaries for his work keeping him from church on Sundays . |
| 7 | nodding his head , bobbing it from side to side , achingly conscious of how stupid he must look , " Yup , looks like wine to me . " |
| 8 | ’ In the case of motor vehicles those purposes include , not merely the purpose of driving it from place to place but of doing so with the appropriate degree of comfort , ease of handling and pride in the vehicle 's outward and interior appearance . |
| 9 | To learn to juggle , take one ball and practise tossing it from hand to hand in an easy arc . |
| 10 | He says why spend millions pushing them from place to place ? |
| 11 | The miners in the colliery retreated before the flood of dark brown slurry which was advancing through the underground roads and filling them from floor to roof . |
| 12 | Susan had no clothes on , and the two men were showering her from head to foot — in her eyes , inside her ears , everywhere . |
| 13 | One might ask why this sudden change occurred , and whether there was a change of attitude by Gillray , perhaps even a conversion pushing him from critic to defender of monarchy . |
| 14 | They shared a cigarette , passing it from mouth to mouth . |
| 15 | When you type in a document , saving it from time to time , Word does not destroy the very last version that you saved but renames it as a back-up copy . |
| 16 | This is one of the main reasons why it is now considered to be such an important protective factor in saving us from diseases of the bowel , like cancer . |
| 17 | It 's the usual imaginative , expensive production , in this case whisking us from London to New York to New Orleans . |
| 18 | A change of position may help to minimise this , such as raising the head or turning them from side to side . |
| 19 | It called for all parties to stabilize the ceasefire by separating their forces and withdrawing them from areas of conflict , and to set talks in motion involving all parties in the conflict by Aug. 15 . |
| 20 | An Irish tribe of fairies that frequent blackthorn trees , guarding them from harm from careless passers-by . |
| 21 | In a sense , representation redeems repetition , turning it from craft into art . |
| 22 | A matron chaperoned them at all times , trekking them from digs to school , on to the theatre and finally back to their digs at night , the crocodile of children walking slower as the day progressed . |
| 23 | Suddenly it takes over — uncontrollably , they lash out and then flee in panic , their ancient memory switching them from Jekyll to Hyde . |
| 24 | Sometimes , particularly where you have a specific audience , the task may be primarily a logistical one — moving them from A to B — and you can solve this by bussing them in . |
| 25 | I followed by car and burro , tracking him from town to town . |
| 26 | Even before this he had lingered in her mind , seeming to be calling her from France after that one meeting . |
| 27 | He has been protected by a team of Special Branch officers , moving him from location to location . |
| 28 | He loves driving , rather than seeing his car as a way of getting him from A to B , and sees his car as a status symbol , and means to power and freedom . |
| 29 | She had colossal reserves of it , absolutely huge , cut into her by her father — begging her from childhood to hate Jamie . |
| 30 | By Jamie — begging her from childhood to hate her father . |