Example sentences of "[verb] them [adv] from " in BNC.

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1 Cessation of growth is most likely to result from starvation , which may arise because : the whelks eat out their food supply , or the supply fails for some other reason ( perhaps as a result of pollution Bryan ( 1969 ) ; wave action dislodges the whelks and transports them away from their food supply , or prevents them from feeding in some other way ( Cowell and Crothers , 1970 ) ; the temperature drops so low that the whelks become inactive for a long period ( Feare , 1970a ) .
2 It turns them away from looser , unstructured organizations .
3 Jonathon now worked on model ships under the eye of Uncle Philip and was learning how to carve them directly from wood .
4 They are distinct from the longer stories not only in terms of content , but in graphology also : most are italicised , which separates them visually from the other material .
5 She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed .
6 Exposed to Minton 's freewheeling , glamorous Bohemianism , some found it difficult afterwards to stand on their own feet , for Minton had effectively broken them away from their backgrounds or their jobs .
7 An Elf war fleet led by Tyrion defeats the Norse in a huge sea battle and drives them away from the coast of Ulthuan .
8 Him and Mr he was another butcher , he was a wholesaler , and he used to perhaps buy twenty or thirty between them and we used to drive them home from Upware and split them .
9 We need to refer to them because they are a significant element of style , but we shall not in general distinguish them formally from linguistic categories .
10 FORTY children collapsed with suspected food poisoning on a coach bringing them home from France .
11 Above and top : Polypterus ornatipinnis — even a large pair of these were not beyond Derek 's ingenuity when it came to bringing them home from the USA .
12 A plantation of 30,000 artificial palms would fundamentally shift cloud patterns near coastal deserts , drawing them overland from the sea .
13 And some , as it meant , if that , if they had done that you actually have to put your foot in their sto , chest , or their stomach and push them away from you , and swim around and come at them from the back .
14 She wanted to snatch them up and hide them away from the coolly assessing scrutiny that seemed to lay her bare .
15 They dig for days to get them out of the ground , and hide them jealously from other Yahoos . ’
16 All the big firms have strong international links that cushion them somewhat from domestic troubles .
17 We are attempting to investigate the influences that act on girls and women when they are making the crucial ‘ O ’ Level , ‘ A ’ Level and college and career choices , and which channel them away from research jobs in hard science .
18 Autistic children are difficult to understand due to their complete individuality ; unlike Down 's people , they do not have any common physical characteristics which place them apart from other people ; they are often very attractive looking children .
19 If you want to produce as many young as possible , it is best to hatch and rear them away from the parents .
20 If you are a teacher , a youth worker or someone with responsibility for young people , you can make a real contribution toward keeping them away from crime .
21 She looked right at O and Boy when she said this and it was as if she was trying to scare them in particular , even as if she was trying to frighten them away from each other , as if she was saying , to them , and to all of us , this is what you have to go through , right ?
22 The local coast rescue team used ropes to pull them away from danger after the alarm was raised .
23 Steer them away from attacking other individuals in terms of personalities .
24 Steer them away from business jargon , which is n't understood by the public .
25 Having said all that , you should keep your hands and nails in good condition for yourself and be proud of them rather than try to hide them away from view .
26 Sections 6 and 7 of the UCTA override these provisions , and , in effect , provide for mandatory inclusion of such warranties in the contracts covered by these sections , since the easiest way to exclude liability for breach of such warranties is to exclude them altogether from the terms of the contract .
27 Where such pupils also have speech impairments , there may be a case for exempting them altogether from — or modifying — some of the assessment arrangements , even if they continue to pursue the attainment targets and programmes of study .
28 An empty drink tube rolled between their feet as the jitney wheeled into motion , whisking them away from the cargo concourse and plunging into the tunnels of Plenty .
29 Returning to London , and influenced by Ruskin and Octavia Hill , she went to work as a volunteer at a number of slum-housing projects around Marylebone , where her contributions ranged from carpentry to moral tutoring and advising the poor of the district on careers , and attempting to lead them away from the evils of alcohol .
30 At the top of the social scale the five largest houses in 1670 had five hearths apiece , which was hardly grandiose but was sufficient to set them apart from the rest .
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