Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] from [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The commons granted it again from 1343 to 1346 , from 1348 to 1351 , 1353 to 1356 , and in 1356 for a period of six years . |
2 | The two French Commandos accompanying me steered me away from these scenes . |
3 | He also had a love for soccer but his father , Harold , steered him away from that as well , fearing that his son 's competitiveness , allied to his lack of inches , might lead to him getting hurt . |
4 | No he , it was a bit peculiar , I could n't quite make nothing and they said something about they kept him away from other children or something . |
5 | Baldwin 's mission to Washington took him away from 27 December to 27 January . |
6 | Her assistant , standing at her elbow with a query , brought her away from such thoughts ; and sent her thoughts off down another avenue . |
7 | He got his way in most things , had despotically guided Stephen 's life , had chosen Lyn for him , before that had picked him out of this school , pushed him into that , as soon as he could removed him altogether from academic threat . |
8 | with this film it will be , you know , compulsory , you wo n't be able to make that choice , erm and the other one , the other thing that struck me just from one of the particular extracts of , of people standing on top of this cliff , erm is , is the way that the importance of , in something like a film where it 's , you know , it 's done for good , you know the importance of having an actual creative writer |
9 | You realise you dragged me away from one of my important I A T A meetings today ? |
10 | He got us away from this chink that runs the sect , but he 's injured an ’ wo n't stand a chance . |
11 | Napoleon III in his capacity as sovereign had great personal dignity as well as charm , but as an individual his knowledge of human beings and their behaviour set him apart from other European monarchs , whose more cloistered and conventional upbringing had given them a less perceptive outlook on people . |
12 | He was not brown like Buddie , with crinkly hair and pale palms , but a certain swarthiness of the skin set him apart from all the other boys he knew . |
13 | James had several other aspects to his life which set him apart from many of his colleagues . |
14 | His voracious and informed interest in the arts , not only ballet but plays , books , music , painting , also set him apart from most of the other students . |
15 | The wealth of Henry I set him apart from most European kings ; above all it set him apart from his subjects . |
16 | Agnes never took part in such conversations ; she never spoke badly of Paul , even though she sensed that this alienated her somewhat from other women . |
17 | As we climbed up the crags of Petra , black goats eyed us warily from black holes . |