Example sentences of "keep [pers pn] away [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My right hon. Friend has shown the utmost skill and stamina over the past two days in keeping us away from the dangerous path towards the centralised Europe that none of us who are good Europeans want to see . |
| 2 | The hatchback also keeps them away from the big Volvos . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | I kept him away from the old man . |
| 6 | So far I 've kept her away from the secret files . |