Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] away from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 An Elf war fleet led by Tyrion defeats the Norse in a huge sea battle and drives them away from the coast of Ulthuan .
2 Shuts himself away from the world . ’
3 He often shuts himself away from the world . ’
4 As soon as the chicks are mobile , she leads them away from the nest and down to the shore .
5 One Saturday evening she takes Howard by the arm and leads him away from the crowd round the pool and the bar , out of everyone 's earshot .
6 This is the only fault which I can find in his character though it bears little importance as it takes nothing away from the readers ' love of him and may even increase it due to his helplessness .
7 We were n't alone in having such ideas ; many Swedes prefer this philosophy because it also gets you away from the Germans .
8 It certainly takes us away from the notion of a centre of power claiming alleged sovereignty over supposedly homogeneous territory .
9 ‘ Well , Jimmy , what drags you away from the fleshpots ? ’
10 What drags you away from the fleshpots ? ’
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