Example sentences of "[verb] it away from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 2 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 3 | Constipation can also encourage cellulite formation — if the waste matter is not leaving the body through the normal channels the body will store it away from the bloodstream and again the islands of fat cells causing cellulite provide the perfect storehouse . |
| 4 | Federalists are worried that new members will dilute the EC , turning it away from the grandiose schemes of political union and towards the modest goal of free trade . |
| 5 | For skin rolling , seize the flesh between thumb and forefinger and lift it away from the bone . |
| 6 | The pilot stayed with his aircraft and steered it away from the school and bravely died with it to save others . |
| 7 | The Citation rolled slowly on to its left side as Duncan fought to keep it flying and to keep it away from the airliner . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But I thought the whole idea was to keep it away from the public ? |
| 10 | That 's right you have to keep it away from the face because they 're dangerous are n't they ? |
| 11 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |
| 12 | Keep it away from the pots and pans . |
| 13 | A second group of miners loaded the loose coal onto a moving conveyor which took it away from the coal face . |
| 14 | An empirical study based on the preferences of the median would still be valid ; and there would not be any need in equilibrium situations to introduce party political dummy variables ( a party whose ideology took it away from the median would not be victorious in an election and its policies would not be observed ) . |
| 15 | No no careful bring it away from the baby . |
| 16 | Choose a sideshoot of the current year 's growth that is hardening at the base , then tear it away from the main stem with a sliver of wood . |
| 17 | She stroked its neck , led it away from the interested crowd and over to the grass . |
| 18 | A man who was very friendly with another , or his senior kinsmen , could adopt a more expository technique : he would sit facing him and take his left hand ; as he made his points he would take his friend 's little finger , move it away from the others and hold it : ‘ first … ‘ then the next finger : ‘ second … ‘ ; until he had moved the digits all to one side , like beads on an abacus . |
| 19 | Two spectators jump in , seize his trembling body and carry it away from the dancers . |
| 20 | PINCH TEST : This involves picking up a fold of skin ( on the horse 's neck ) between your forefinger and thumb , lifting it away from the neck , and then releasing it . |
| 21 | We telephoned from our mobile to theirs — probably at a combined speed of 100mph going away from each other — and it was indeed us who were hotfooting it away from the airport . |
| 22 | At that stage the divisional officer may have taken it away from the domestic scene , and er put it through to Glasgow if it was the , if the employer was a member of the employers ' association , he would then take it to local conference . |
| 23 | She got into the flat-bottomed boat and tried to push it away from the bank but the pole stuck in the mud and the boat was too heavy for her to move . |
| 24 | you might be better just doing it this way , just work out what thirty per cent of it is and then take it away from the original |
| 25 | He had a full bomb load , but managed to level the plane long enough for his crew to bail out , then he managed to steer it away from the town and crash into a nearby field . |
| 26 | There the 12th of July parade had been re-routed to take it away from the ‘ Tunnel ’ , part of the traditional route which had become a Catholic area . |
| 27 | She had borrowed the police sergeant 's knife to cut the clothing and pull it away from the wound . |
| 28 | He kicked it away from the bars , then continued to boot it as it shambled deeper into the hut . |
| 29 | Two-thirds of the way up , she paused to get her breath back before lifting the heavy hatch and sliding it away from the opening . |