Example sentences of "[vb infin] him away " in BNC.
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| 1 | Various offers of other employment did not tempt him away , even a job at £1000 per year . |
| 2 | At any moment , thought Endill , a huge wave would rise up and carry him away . |
| 3 | The man in the attic had been dragged through the gaps under the roof to one of the empty houses next door , and from there to the bushes down by the beck where the sound of his coughing would not give him away . |
| 4 | He closed the album carefully , making sure that none of the loosened pages could fall out and give him away . |
| 5 | He slung the bag into the culvert and replaced the bicycle , remembering to lift it clear of the ground so that the whickering of the freewheel gear would n't give him away . |
| 6 | ‘ Steve would n't give him away . ’ |
| 7 | Pooley cursed himself for letting his vanity give him away . |
| 8 | As I 'm short of a huntsman , might I ask you , Mrs. Stevenson , very kindly to go downwind and watch him away ? ’ |
| 9 | Mr Jaggers would probably send him away . |
| 10 | She could hardly send him away , though Sycorax from the hammock where she lay , surveying the scene , clicked her dry tongue impatiently and tossed about . |
| 11 | ‘ If my brother displeases you , ’ she said , ‘ you should send him away . ’ |
| 12 | The clamour of her heartbeat filled the silence between them , as she struggled to find the words that would send him away forever . |
| 13 | ‘ You did n't send him away because of me ? ’ she asked in amazement . |
| 14 | Mick Ronson , Woody Woodmansey and myself would be making backing tracks , having got the brief from David — it was E chord for 16 bars then an A chord for 4 bars and a B chord for 2 bars — and we were just banging out these backing tracks , and David would come into the studio , if we could tear him away from Angela for long enough and say whether he liked it or not . |
| 15 | Your only chance is to pull at him from the side , which may steer him away from the refuge he seeks . |
| 16 | Even Jack on the look-out with his gun would n't keep him away . |
| 17 | GRAEME SOUNESS may yet realise his lifelong ambition of leading out an FA Cup Final team despite entering hospital yesterday for a triple by-pass heart operation which will keep him away from Anfield until the start of next season . |
| 18 | Mr Souness , 39 next month , was yesterday admitted to a Cheshire hospital for triple heart by-pass surgery which will keep him away from work until next season . |
| 19 | Every few days each officer can expect to take his turn on the office duty rota which will keep him away from the field for a complete day . |
| 20 | She knew it would keep him away from home even more than usual , and wondered what Elaine thought about that . |
| 21 | Nothing would keep him away from her now . |
| 22 | She must keep him away , keep fighting him , because as long as she fought with him she and Edmund were safe . |
| 23 | That should keep him away from Olinda Bray ! |
| 24 | Sarah Brown says that her husband won … and Andrew says he 'll be back next year for another go … wild horses would n't keep him away |
| 25 | You do n't scare him away . |
| 26 | And she loved him so much , and was so innocent , she did n't dream a beauty like Marion 's might draw him away from her . |
| 27 | She 'd been convinced all along that eventually she must lose him , that Marianne was right — some other attraction must inevitably draw him away . |
| 28 | ‘ He looks like ye could blow him away tae , ’ Pol said . |
| 29 | He just looks as if a puff of wind would blow him away , ’ George finished . |
| 30 | Frail — you could blow him away , thought Alice . |