Example sentences of "[verb] him from his [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes .
2 For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before .
3 I thought it probable the police were right , he had sought revenge against Imogen Surkov for separating him from his nice third wife , Vera , and their son .
4 All manner of villain tries to tempt him , divert him , or separate him from his small savings .
5 But Fogerty 's Hollywood dreams will not deter him from his other ambitions — such as becoming a League international just like his dad Terry .
6 Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father .
7 and pluck him from his halcyon pied-a-terre ?
8 But she had told him his daughter had been fathered by another man and she had tried to separate him from his main interest in life , the Club .
9 German idealism was born out of a rejection of British empiricism : Immanuel Kant famously declared that it was David Hume who had woken him from his dogmatic slumbers .
10 A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path .
11 Election Comment : Albany at Large : Watch the birdie PRESIDENT Mitterrand did not allow last week 's premiership crisis to deflect him from his usual Monday morning pastime : playing golf at St Cloud , near Paris .
12 Champ had pined for his master since police took him from his old home .
13 This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’
14 Mrs Palmer-Radford 's other son , Oliver , aged six , only discovered what had happened after she failed to collect him from his Catholic prep-school , it emerged yesterday .
15 Maxham was the first to appear ; Celia recognized him from his previous visits to the office .
16 What had roused him from his half-drunken sleep ; a scream , the sound of a quarrel , a falling body ?
17 His call was traced and half an hour later police rescued him from his traumatic experience .
18 ‘ Oh Lord , look down upon this sinful child in his wickedness and lead him from his evil ways into righteousness If he is tempted again , remind him of the pains of Thy Hell , the torment and burning , so that he may quiver in his wretched flesh and repent in his immortal soul …
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