Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] from [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been walking away from him towards the path that led to the gate and she turned her head and said , ‘ Did n't want to disturb you ; you looked so peaceful , asleep . ’ |
| 2 | Even before she was finished speaking he was walking quickly from her towards the house . |
| 3 | The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up . |
| 4 | Suddenly I have twisted the gun out of his hand — but it flies away from us across the ground . |
| 5 | At first this was hard to prove , since local authorities were now given many new relief duties : at the same time a number of extensive taxation rights were transferred away from them to the Centre . |
| 6 | The ravine widened and opened upon the sly , the curtain-wall with its vast bulk of darkness curved away from him to the right , and left him . |
| 7 | I measure sixty paces along the wall and then walk away from it to the nearest tree . |
| 8 | The blue train is pulling away from me in the drizzle , gathering speed , effortlessly accelerating along its elevated track . |
| 9 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |
| 10 | He looked up and he saw two people walking or appearing to walk away from him down the white road of the tunnel and out across the green hills . |
| 11 | Do you think you could keep away from me by the way ? |
| 12 | On the contrary : he 's here to get rid of them , to lose them , to drift away from them in the heat and safety of the crowd . |
| 13 | The Tirajana apartments are ideal for those wishing to enjoy the nightlife and then get away from it at the end of the day . |
| 14 | I stepped away from him towards the wall . |
| 15 | As they walked away from him through the greenness , the pale blue above them , Maggie said , her voice thick with emotion , ‘ Daddy is just lovely when he 's like that . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We have therefore suspended the Winchester Group as an appointed representative of the Norwich Union to take effect immediately and to continue until such time as they hear further from us to the contrary . |
| 17 | We 'll ride away from them at the walk . ’ |
| 18 | He looked thoughtfully from her to the dresser . |
| 19 | ‘ Give me time , ’ and she looked away from him at the distant hills . |
| 20 | Aunt Emily looked away from her into the fire . |
| 21 | I had a brief view of flailing arms and flying pans followed by a prolonged metallic clatter , then the little man reappeared like a projectile , turned right and sped away from me up the street . |
| 22 | Shop till you drop among the world 's most madding crowd , or stay far from it in the fragrant forests of The Land Between |
| 23 | ‘ Still , could n't you get away from it for the next week or so — till she 's gone back ? ’ |
| 24 | Léonie edged away from her on the warm plastic seat . |
| 25 | He jumped brilliantly and I decided to put the pressure on to get away from them at the top of the hill . |
| 26 | How did you manage to get away from her in the end and come and live in this funny little house ? ’ |
| 27 | He tells the despairing Moses to strike a rock with his rod , and water will stream forth from it for the people to drink . |
| 28 | He had worked at his books in here as a boy , shared port with Sir John as a stripling in his callow youth , sitting across from him before the fire in this male stronghold , deep in the leather chair . |
| 29 | All thoughts of doubt and shadows fall away from me in the face of this perfection . |
| 30 | USER FRIENDLY came within an ace of a French fortune yesterday as the Arc was snatched away from her in the shadow of the winning post . |