Example sentences of "[to-vb] her [adv] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was trying to win her back from the greedy black hole — to release her from its iron grip and return her to the safety of the study . |
| 2 | When he had dumped their two canvas bags on the ground , he reached up again to help her down from the high train . |
| 3 | Richard 's voice cut into her thoughts as he took her arm to draw her back from a horse-drawn carriage laden with tourists on a sightseeing trip . |
| 4 | There is only one reservation : should Miss Jade bear a daughter , can Mr Jagger guarantee that he will in future years be able to keep her away from the attentions of his bass ( sic ) colleague , Mr William Wyman ? |
| 5 | Storming into the restaurant where the Italian and Miss Maughan 's character were dining , he invented some story about having to keep her away from the paparazzi ( which he probably thinks is the coffee you buy in Venice ) and whisked her off her feet back to his place . |
| 6 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 7 | Mostly , she remained an invalid , irritable , on edge and defensive , becoming panic-stricken if the slightest attempt was made to get her away from the house . |
| 8 | The little girl seemed to be with a group , the carriage was dense with bulky figures , and I had the impression someone was trying to get her away from the window . |
| 9 | At first , like her many other activities , the home maintenance course at the Adult Education Centre had been just a desperate device to take her away from the boredom of George . |
| 10 | Mr Anderson , married with two sons and based at Surbiton , has denied raping the woman after agreeing to take her home from a discotheque last March . |