Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was almost as if someone were keeping her away from trouble . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Did n't particularly hate it , I du n no , I mean I had no idea that they were camping anything up from that record . |
| 4 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
| 5 | We telephoned from our mobile to theirs — probably at a combined speed of 100mph going away from each other — and it was indeed us who were hotfooting it away from the airport . |
| 6 | They were boys of fifteen or sixteen and they were watching her keenly from a position by the railings at the far corner of the church . |
| 7 | The boats were sparkling with the glitter of the ‘ caller ou , ’ as our fishwives call them ; and busily the men were throwing them out from among the nets into the creels , while the shore was lined by brawny-armed women clothed in waterproof aprons , who with marvellous rapidity were gutting the fish , and packing them in barrels with abundance of salt between each layer . |
| 8 | Mrs Phillips said today : ‘ I was bringing him home from my daughter 's house when he got out of his cage . |
| 9 | ‘ Ruggiero was driving her back from Rome late one night , and somehow the car left the road and ended up against a tree . |
| 10 | She was tearing herself away from him and spinning round to face him , a storm in her eyes that was only part fury . |
| 11 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
| 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 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 14 | The prey was distancing itself fast from the hunters ; the scent , as Myeloski knew , was still cold and getting colder . |
| 15 | She waved to him extravagantly , blowing kisses as though she was on board an ocean liner that was carrying her away from him for ever . |
| 16 | Somehow I was in the boat , and Neil had cast off and was edging her out from the jetty . |
| 17 | He was putting her away from him , because in the end Rebecca was vulnerable , and she meant more to him than anyone else . |
| 18 | Yet , unbelievably , he was putting her away from him , his movements rough , unco-ordinated . |
| 19 | Hugh was watching them suspiciously from a nearby table . |
| 20 | He was watching her closely from beneath his brows , his dark face inscrutable . |