Example sentences of "[v-ing] me away " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this year an even more offensive marketing ploy is keeping me away from my Christmas shopping . |
| 2 | You 're his guardian angel — the one person keeping me away from him . |
| 3 | My mum and dad had been through a very bad divorce , so I suppose she was frightened of being too strict and pushing me away , in case I turned against her . |
| 4 | ‘ Always pushing me away , ’ he went on , his words muffled against her skin . |
| 5 | Practical and sensible , warning me away from magic , all that stuff . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're sending me away ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Because he arrived out of the blue and did his Sir Galahad act by getting me away from the men . |
| 8 | However — although these contortions saved me from the worse excesses of daily racism , my face kept giving me away . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you for not giving me away . |
| 10 | Then the crowd shifted around me , thankfully taking me away from their gazes . |
| 11 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 12 | I was annoyed with her dragging me away from Changez . |
| 13 | ‘ Those great bully-boys of yours were insisting on dragging me away from the children , who were crying and practically having hysterics in the midst of all that noise and shouting . |
| 14 | He was sitting there with his head in his hands ; he did not rise when the train passed ; he made no movement ; he did not give a glance at the signs I made him ; and for a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair . |
| 15 | In retrospect then it is the final remark in that poignant description of Athman by the river which is the most telling : ‘ tor a long time as the train was carrying me away , I watched his little motionless , grief-stricken figure , lost in the desert , an image of my own despair ’ . |
| 16 | Alex had thought , You 're throwing me away and trying to make yourself feel good about it . |