Quitting_a_place : withdraw-82












[22 : Somebody ----s PP ]
[1 : Something ----s ]
[8 : Somebody ----s something ]
[2 : Somebody ----s ]



NP (Self_mover) V () PPing[after] (Circumstances) NP (Source)
NP (Self_mover) V () PP[for] (Intended_goal) NP (Source) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Self_mover) V () VPto (Purpose) NP (Source)
NP (Self_mover) V () NP (Source) AVP (Time)
NP (Self_mover) V () NP (Source) PP[in] (Time)
NP (Self_mover) V () NP (Source) Sub (Time)
NP (Agent) V () PP.source[of] (Source) NP (Self_mover) V () DNI (Source)
NP (Agent) V () PP.source[of] (Source) S_ING ()
NP (Agent) V ()
NP (Agent) V () PP.source[from] (Source) S_ING ()
NP (Agent) V () PP.source[from] (Source)


Examples from WordNet


The enemy withdrew
The limo pulled away from the curb



Examples from VerbNet


He withdrew from the trip.
He backed out of going on the trip.
He withdrew from going on the trip.
He withdrew.
He backed out of the trip.



Examples from SemCor


Ideally, the President like the_French to agree on a`` status_quo ante'' on Bizerte, and accept a new timetable for withdrawing their forces from the Mediterranean base.
He drew_back, embarrassed and pleased.
Major to this effort is to get all world_powers to withdraw to their own territories, say by 1970.
He retreated a step and holstered his own.
I drew_back, drawing_back my foot for a kick.
Figures seemed to crouch in the surrounding dark; in the distance he saw a band of men who seemed to advance and retreat even as he watched.
That is why it is so_very important that ethical analysis keep clear the problem of decision as to`` permitted'' effects, and not draw_back in fright from any conceivable contingency or suffer paralysis of action before possibilities or probabilities unrelated, or not directly morally related, to what we can and may and must do as long as human history endures.
His hair had receded most of the way to the back of his neck.
She had even steeled herself to keep Juanita upstairs in the nurse 's room off the empty nursery, although the girl tried to insist on moving_back to the quarters to spare Kate remembrance of the baby 's death.
The Belgians- at_least officially- departed from the Congo as_well, withdrawing all_of their uniformed troops.
But he pulled_away from the irrelevant old volumes and walked around to the newer ones.
In April came a rapid thaw that produced high waters which did not recede until mid-June.
The Aricaras broke under the devastating fire, wheeled and retreated.
He backed Jess into a corner, grabbed a handful of the man 's shirtfront, and drew_back his right fist.
Leaving the card_room, they moved_back through the Palace the way they had come.
Since the strength of the Mexicans had been underrated, too small a posse had been collected, and since the deputy had not been provided with search_warrants, MacPherson and his men decided it was much wiser to withdraw.
Cameras stared at soloists' faces in extreme closeups, then considerately pulled_back for full views of ensemble work.
He could not grasp that Lord had withdrawn from the fight minutes ago, and that his leaden arms were flailing at nothing but the air.
Several people passed in the hall and stared as he slowly retreated, trying to close the door a_little, and she slowly leaned toward him and raised her voice.
Nevertheless so short was the supply of seed that the settlers were forced to retreat to Fort_Daer for food.
End Gene_Raesz, who broke a hand in the Owl 's game with LSU, was back working_out with Rice_Monday, and John_Nichols, sophomore guard, moved_back into action after a week 's idleness with an ankle injury.
He drew_back his arm to slash the gunbarrel across Jess 's face, but did finish the motion.
The crowd moved_back and John started dizzily down the hill.
Mrs. gertrude Parker drew_back.
The rebels may try to seize what is left of the October harvest when the floods recede and the monsoon ends in November.
They withdraw to the underground of the slums where they can defy the precepts of legalized propriety.
If the bluff failed and they ran_into trouble, Brannon had told the others, they would withdraw- and he would come after his son another time.