Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pron] away from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body . |
| 2 | My right hon. Friend has shown the utmost skill and stamina over the past two days in keeping us away from the dangerous path towards the centralised Europe that none of us who are good Europeans want to see . |
| 3 | ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Pushing himself away from the walls of the KGB building , Kirov walked in the direction of the Post Office . |
| 6 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 7 | Casting an unreadable look at Isabel , the boy obeyed , taking Ellen by the arm and urging her away from the church . |
| 8 | And forever drawing you away from the garden are the stupendous views , of the curve of Porth Neigwl , of the Merioneth Mountains , and even , on a clear day , down the full length of Cardigan Bay to St David 's Head in South Wales . |
| 9 | Pulling himself away from the older man , he ran after Maisie , who was now somewhere out in the road . |
| 10 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 11 | He reads : ’ Not that way , ’ cried his pessimistic friend grasping Toad 's arm and directing him away from the especially grim and oppressive corridor into which his laboured steps seemed automatically to have led him |
| 12 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
| 13 | ‘ Why not ? ’ he derided , pulling her away from the table and against the hard warmth of his body . |
| 14 | He now stepped backwards , pulling her away from the piano and into the middle of the room towards the couch , and he had almost to force her to get her stiff body to sit down on it . |
| 15 | A hand reached past the man and caught her arm , pulling her away from the wall , away from the sickening touch of those fingers on her skin . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
| 18 | we 're asking for public help in telling us where the travellers are gathering , especially on common or open landThe familiar police tactic is to try and keep the travellers in small groups by continually moving them away from the others . |
| 19 | ‘ Because he arrived out of the blue and did his Sir Galahad act by getting me away from the men . |
| 20 | But our focus is primarily upon people , not places as such ; the male survivors of the next generation of Titfords succeeded in wrenching themselves away from the town which had been home for their ancestors for over a hundred and seventy years — and we have no choice but to follow them . |
| 21 | Mickey Morris ' continued involvement in spite of his parents ' derision , Carlos Francis ' determination to defy his parents ' ridicule of football as a career , former British and European middleweight boxing champion Bunny Sterling 's refusal ‘ to let on to ’ his parents about his boxing : these are typical examples of black kids cutting themselves away from the strings of their parents and locating the vital , influential figures in their lives elsewhere . |
| 22 | Minton , himself , still attended dinners and parties given by Lehmann , even though his interests were now drawing him away from the kind of society that Lehmann represented . |
| 23 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 24 | It has been found that taking them away from the contamination and giving them a healthy diet for a month can boost their damaged immune systems for up to 18 months . |
| 25 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 26 | ‘ Those great bully-boys of yours were insisting on dragging me away from the children , who were crying and practically having hysterics in the midst of all that noise and shouting . |
| 27 | This prevented the girl 's parents taking her away from the home of her 18-year-old boyfriend . |
| 28 | Dragging him away from the house at Harlaching had been like drawing teeth , and on the drive to the airfield he had stopped the car to pick wild flowers , in the name of God ! |
| 29 | Duvall seized her by the hair , dragging her away from the wall . |
| 30 | It seems to me that however attractive this addendum is , it 's taking us away from the real issue which is about the baptism one which the bishop er also kind of brought up er and which we 've been exercising ourselves over . |