Example sentences of "[to-vb] him from his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she had told him his daughter had been fathered by another man and she had tried to separate him from his main interest in life , the Club . |
| 2 | A great storm blew up as he approached the island , as if the elements themselves were trying to drive him from his chosen path . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 5 | Mrs Palmer-Radford 's other son , Oliver , aged six , only discovered what had happened after she failed to collect him from his Catholic prep-school , it emerged yesterday . |