Example sentences of "[verb] him from his [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes . |
| 2 | ‘ Give him a fair trial , ’ the fat bastard roared , ‘ and then hang him from his own gate ! ’ ) |
| 3 | Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father . |
| 4 | In it collided two incompatible forces , mental and emotional , alienating him from his own tradition — to which he was deeply fettered . |
| 5 | and pluck him from his halcyon pied-a-terre ? |
| 6 | But she had told him his daughter had been fathered by another man and she had tried to separate him from his main interest in life , the Club . |
| 7 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |
| 8 | Champ had pined for his master since police took him from his old home . |
| 9 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 10 | Just as his political commitments exiled him from his own class , so my politics involve an awkward relationship with my own class . |
| 11 | Mrs Palmer-Radford 's other son , Oliver , aged six , only discovered what had happened after she failed to collect him from his Catholic prep-school , it emerged yesterday . |
| 12 | What had roused him from his half-drunken sleep ; a scream , the sound of a quarrel , a falling body ? |
| 13 | His call was traced and half an hour later police rescued him from his traumatic experience . |