Example sentences of "[prep] be [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One danger of taking the downward spiral of self-imposed isolation is agoraphobia , the fear of being away from the security of the home . |
| 2 | The thirty-six-patch leather ball of those days was heavy , and headers had to be strictly from the forehead . |
| 3 | I also felt that I wanted to be apart from the routine of normal home life with the washing , cooking and to think about . |
| 4 | He wanted to be apart from the humiliation he had engineered . |
| 5 | The DSS said last week local authorities would be expected to negotiate with home owners on how to make up the gap in funding for residents who have to be away from the home for more than six days . |
| 6 | Here , truly , is a place to sense freedom , to be away from the crowds and the pressures of the world , to wander for miles seeing only a handful of people enjoying the same leisurely activity , or maybe no-one at all . |
| 7 | The general rule is that the more combustible your wall is , the greater distance it has to be away from the boundary . |
| 8 | He spent more and more time at Highgrove — while Diana refused point blank to be away from the London scene . |
| 9 | I ca n't even remember the length of the putt for par , I was so relieved to be away from the hole without any damage . |
| 10 | Due to the numbers of guests involved and the limited size of the branch accommodation the venues were to be away from the branch . |
| 11 | She was grateful to be away from the subject of her age and told him honestly , ‘ I 've an elder sister , ’ and , on thinking briefly , added , ‘ but she 's in America at the moment . ’ |
| 12 | Just before Easter , when everyone was preparing to celebrate the great festival , the emperor went out hunting to be away from the festivity . |
| 13 | He did n't like to be away from the hacienda for long . |
| 14 | Forcefully she thrust her arms into the sleeves of her jacket , anxious to be away from the place . |
| 15 | ‘ It does n't do for someone like him to be away from the reins for too long . |
| 16 | I , er , I need to be away from the office this afternoon . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It was the worst possible time to be away from the office , but — ’ |
| 18 | Oh , yes , you 'd have to be away from the town . |
| 19 | Chair , the letters that do go , the majority of the letters that go to MPs and members are signed by me , though they 're prepared by the officer who 's the expert in different fields , but these two letters went when I happened to be away from the department , and that 's fair enough , I 'd rather they went than sat around waiting for my return . |
| 20 | I do n't look forward to being away from the girls for such a long time . |
| 21 | It was a time for being away from the cities , for reading and reflection , and being alone with nature . |