Example sentences of "take [pers pn] [adv] from [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have a streamlined routine — lunch at the Market Cafe on the same street as their house , a local barber and tailor — which never takes them far from home and avoids unprogrammed encounters . |
| 2 | If you are blind or physically disabled or your work regularly takes you away from home , you may qualify to vote by post or proxy for an indefinite period . |
| 3 | Steve Astington says he was a rock climber and then moved over to marathons … this is his thirteenth … you have to put a lot of training in … he does them for the enjoyment it takes him away from life and all the stresses |
| 4 | It is also present in milk and eggs , and the body takes it in from exposure to sunshine as well , which is one reason why it is so important for the elderly to take outdoor exercise . |
| 5 | Do you take them out from time to time and gloat ? ’ |
| 6 | if your work will take you away from home ; |
| 7 | It will bring you home , yes , but equally it will take you further from home than you have ever imagined . |
| 8 | My search took me further from base with each load . |
| 9 | Mrs Denham wore heavily-rimmed glasses , and she took them off from time to time , restlessly , as she talked : the crows ' feet round her eyes were deeply scored , and her eyes without their glasses had a distant , worried look , as though committed to far other fields of concentration . |
| 10 | I never took them far from home , although I told Nonni I intended to in order to prevent her accompanying me , inventing expeditions to the common where she might tear her stockings on the brambles , or to the recreation ground which was a mile away , too far for her to walk in high-heeled shoes . |
| 11 | She did not try to soothe him , but she took him away from Skid Row , pulling him into a kingsize bed with freshly-laundered sheets . |
| 12 | My voyage to Laputa , Balnibarbi , Glubbdubdrib and Luggnagg had taken me away from home for five and a half years . |
| 13 | Madeleine had taken her away from school . |
| 14 | O'Hagan suggested it was important to try to prevent the client seeing the social worker as just one more person determined to take him/her away from home regardless of the feelings . |
| 15 | ‘ It has helped to take me away from tennis when I have time to relax , ’ said Stich who has climbed back to world no 9 . |
| 16 | I can look after you , care for you , take you away from sickness and death . " |
| 17 | She promised herself , however , that she would hold the office only briefly , and now that her husband Stan has retired , she feels that she can no longer involve herself to so great an extent in commitments and activities that take her away from home . |