Example sentences of "to keep [pers pn] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many an over-stressed big-city chef could benefit from Wendy Vaughan 's well-balanced thoughts , even if time constraints and geography conspire to keep them away from her equally well-balanced food . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing takes make-up off faster than chicken grease so we had to keep them away from that , ’ continues Drexler . |
| 3 | Staff members tried to keep them away from the soft-hearted President , consigning them to the Vice-president not because Bush was more callous , North explained , but because it was Reagan who had to make the policy decisions . |
| 4 | But Eva had to keep them away from him , saying if it was very urgent they could leave a note . |
| 5 | We 've got to keep them away from Daak . |
| 6 | But remember to keep them away from very young brothers or sisters who may think they are sweets and try to eat them . |
| 7 | Anyway , most of these girls grew out of these crushes — soon the great problem was to keep them away from the Grammar School boys at the other end of the road . |
| 8 | There is an example of this in ‘ Fighting talk ’ where the police are recorded as using the white boys ' own rules of territoriality as a device to keep them apart from blacks ( ‘ if you 're on your own territory we 'll nick the others , but if you 're outside , we 'll nick you' ) . |
| 9 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
| 10 | I was seething , yes , but not enough to keep me away from you . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
| 13 | How are we going to keep him away from our tree ? |
| 14 | My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it . |
| 15 | She got help from the special unit , took out a court order to keep him away from her . |
| 16 | In the first place , I 'm fond of your father and would genuinely like to keep him away from that fatal heart attack . |
| 17 | Either the man she is with is not ready for a long-term commitment , he may be violent and she wants to keep him away from the child . |
| 18 | But the evil ravages of the British educational system at its worst were not enough to keep her away from her first love forever , and she started to cook with simplicity and a straightforward style which she has maintained . |
| 19 | There is only one reservation : should Miss Jade bear a daughter , can Mr Jagger guarantee that he will in future years be able to keep her away from the attentions of his bass ( sic ) colleague , Mr William Wyman ? |
| 20 | Storming into the restaurant where the Italian and Miss Maughan 's character were dining , he invented some story about having to keep her away from the paparazzi ( which he probably thinks is the coffee you buy in Venice ) and whisked her off her feet back to his place . |
| 21 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 22 | ‘ As long as we can continue to keep her away from your brother . ’ |
| 23 | Anna was growing tall , and her black hair was so unruly Peg had plaited it to keep it away from her pale face . |
| 24 | For the sake of appearances ( and to keep it away from any detrimental vibration ) , I popped the B-1R into our studio rack , reconnected all the leads and … ignition ! |
| 25 | The Citation rolled slowly on to its left side as Duncan fought to keep it flying and to keep it away from the airliner . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | The Lea valley is probably Hackney 's most precious environmental assets , and there is a paramount need to keep it away from development-mad Newham at all costs . |
| 28 | ‘ But I thought the whole idea was to keep it away from the public ? |
| 29 | That 's right you have to keep it away from the face because they 're dangerous are n't they ? |
| 30 | erm Peter over the road there 's trying to keep it away from Wheatley erm and we 're not quite happy about what 's going on in Chipping Norton . |