Example sentences of "was [verb] [pron] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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1 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
2 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
3 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | ‘ But I thought the whole idea was to keep it away from the public ? |
6 | The prey was distancing itself fast from the hunters ; the scent , as Myeloski knew , was still cold and getting colder . |
7 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |