Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [vb past] him from " in BNC.

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1 Shocked is making plans to sail with her father , who long ago began building a boat , until marriage and fatherhood distracted him from finishing it .
2 Weakness kept him confined to his room most of the time and an overwhelming sense of guilt , remorse and failure prevented him from doing anything about writing to Liza .
3 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 .
4 Ralph Gibson L.J. , in a powerful dissenting judgment , concluded that both principle and authority prevented him from reaching the same conclusion .
5 His dress , title , manner and reputation protected him from her range of accusations .
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