Example sentences of "keep away " in BNC.

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1 You two girls had better keep away from that part of the world while they 're about .
2 Ca n't keep away from it . ’
3 It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression .
4 ‘ If you 'd just keep away from the dog fights , Pa , ’ Sarah had begged .
5 Some people ca n't keep away from a deathbed .
6 ‘ Ca n't keep away from the boys , can you ?
7 He would not tell her , this funny bewitching little English girl , that he had come to her first because he could not keep away from her .
8 ‘ Then the police came along and told us we should stay inside and keep away from the windows .
9 It 's actually best if you can keep away from the dip altogether , and concentrate on the fresh bite of the unadulterated vegetables !
10 Like I said , we 'd all better keep away from cabin 10 and all that carrying on .
11 But , like so many young artists in the early decades of the century , Miro could not keep away from Paris .
12 I 'll keep away while deer are culled — for the sake of the deer .
13 You will keep away all the little creatures that would like to eat my vegetables .
14 I did say we 'd keep away from acid plus alkali gives
15 The children could not keep away from the railway , and they soon got to know the trains that passed by .
16 So Colin gave orders to the gardeners that they must all keep away from that part of the garden in future .
17 ‘ Do you think that I could possibly keep away ? ’
18 ‘ If you really love her , ’ I told him , ‘ you 'll keep away from her now .
19 Why d' you keep away from me ?
20 And I did keep away .
21 ‘ Then you 'd better keep away from the disco , ’ said Willis .
22 Could n't you keep away ?
23 ‘ Ca n't keep away from this part of town , can we ? ’
24 Ca n't keep away from the tables , can you ? ’
25 I 'll keep away from you , my fine bucko , I thought , and if I drop anything I 'll kick it to the door before I pick it up .
26 ‘ Why ca n't I keep away from you , ’ he demanded , ‘ when I know damned well I have n't the right — ’ He did n't finish his sentence .
27 I told them I had no intention of budging an inch from this place , and if they could n't be civil they could both keep away .
28 ‘ With the result that he really did keep away , ’ Lucy had pointed out .
29 ‘ They do n't keep away from us ! ’ shouted Grimma .
30 Young Suzi , in the depths of her misery , knowing it was making her worse , still could n't keep away from the theatre , even during the day , even on Sunday when no-one was there .
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