Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him from his " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The band knew him from his days with another Leeds ' band , The Sinister Cleaners . |
| 4 | Though he was apparently deeply affected by his visits to hospitals , Pétain refused to allow squeamishness to deter him from his duty . |
| 5 | Harry , galvanized by the words , sprang from his seat and lunged towards the door , but too late : an impenetrable barrier of glass and metal separated him from his quarry . |
| 6 | The street was wider there and Owen 's men found it easy to slip round the Sheikh separating him from his followers and surrounding him . |
| 7 | He was trembling now , he hated the thought of the long hours of the day dividing him from his hope . |
| 8 | In consequence , despite protests from the Diplomatic Corps , the Chinese government dismissed him from his office on 31 January 1927 . |
| 9 | A tug at his trouser leg awakened him from his reverie . |
| 10 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 11 | He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes . |
| 12 | This followed Radio Galaxy 's announcement that the Chief of Police , Maj. Joseph Michel François , an author of the September coup [ see p. 38523 ] , had been arrested after refusing to obey an order dismissing him from his post . |
| 13 | For example , where a tenant covenanted to paint in the " last quarter of the said term " it was held that the exercise of a break-clause relieved him from his obligation ( Dickinson v St Aubyn [ 1944 ] KB 454 ) . |
| 14 | When Rhun in his kindness lent an arm to raise him from his knees , he hung heavily still , clinging to his desperate humility . |
| 15 | A SHOPKEEPER was fighting for his life in hospital last night after a gas blast hurled him from his bed into the street . |