Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first , like her many other activities , the home maintenance course at the Adult Education Centre had been just a desperate device to take her away from the boredom of George . |
| 2 | If we are alert to textual detail — and all studies of the reverberations of imagery in the Miller 's Tale tell us that it is a tale that encourages us to be so ( see below ) — then we can also find a suggestive parallel between Absolon 's inability to detach himself entirely from the vulgarities of the human world and the Host 's failure to impose an elegantly hierarchical structure on the tale-telling competition . |
| 3 | His arms had sunk in and he was twisting around , thrashing his head to keep it away from the wall — but it still sucked him in . ’ |
| 4 | Over 100 Labour Members of Parliament began to urge the government to dissociate itself entirely from the war . |
| 5 | In the event that the children were to return , the issue before the Family Court in Australia would arise upon the mother 's application for leave to remove them permanently from the State of Victoria to bring them back to live with her in this country . |
| 6 | She was shouting now , scorching with pain , pushing at his hard chest in a futile effort to move him away from the door . |
| 7 | But , says Alfred , it would take more than Hollywood stardom to lure him away from the Sussex cottage he shares with Jill and 12-year-old Rachel , his daughter from a previous relationship . |
| 8 | Foolish because if you do not tell me , I have the power to take you away from the river bank , away from the sun and light , and shut you in the caracol for ever . ’ |