Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he turns away from the grave ( symbolically as well as literally ) he meets , beside the yew-tree ( traditional symbol of death ) a Girl whose appearance is strikingly unusual . |
| 2 | Yet in the matter of the primacy , which entailed the most extensive ecclesiastical power in western Europe apart from that of the papacy , he fought stubbornly from the beginning to the end of his archiepiscopate against every papal or local obstacle to the exercise of this power . |
| 3 | He got away from the subject when I pounced upon it . |
| 4 | So he got away from the bed , he had his hands up . |
| 5 | Eventually he got away from the dogs , + hid under a car , panting loudly . |
| 6 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 7 | He straightened away from the stone urn and slipped his hands back into his trouser pockets . |
| 8 | He read hard from the beginning — everything from the most popular to the most awesome works . |
| 9 | There 's a moment when he looks away from the camera and down at the floor and softly says , ‘ Nobody 's young any more … |
| 10 | He moved confidently from the two charming putti who supported the tablet to Major the Honourable Clement Braithwaite , fallen at Peshawar in 1840 , to that of the religious and virtuous Clarissa , relict of Bertrand Hardy of this county . |
| 11 | He moved away from the mirror , seated himself a little way from the top of the main staircase and wrapped the tails of the shirt around his legs . |
| 12 | As he moved away from the tree it became apparent to Marian that between him and the trunk lay a substantial sack , and that it was this he had been defending so stoutly . |
| 13 | He moved away from the spot on which he had prayed and gazed over Crummock Water . |
| 14 | He moved away from the strange man , anxious to leave quickly . |
| 15 | For a second or two the expression of the Annamese.camp " boy " hardened as he stared at his employer , then he moved away from the peephole and began to busy himself cleaning the pots and pans that had been used to prepare the meal . |
| 16 | He moved away from the youth . |
| 17 | After that , his senses remained strained and alert for several hundred paces , but there was no more hint of a shadow , and as he moved away from the busier streets he became increasingly confident that he was alone . |
| 18 | He moved away from the door , and she heard him clattering about inside the hut . |
| 19 | He moved away from the bunk and then with his hand on the curtain paused to look back at her . |
| 20 | She watched him carefully as he moved away from the door and came and sat down . |
| 21 | He moved away from the window and walked into the adjoining bathroom . |
| 22 | He moved quickly from the pulp of Suedehead to more healthy tomes such as Sex And Racism and Diary Of A Harlem Schoolteacher . |
| 23 | Sheets in , he bore away from the motor yacht . |
| 24 | Although the Labour Party as a whole has not taken a stand on the political position of the monarchy , Tony Benn has expressed the view that these two powers of the Crown should be transferred to the Speaker of the House of Commons because he stands apart from the political parties and is directly answerable to the Commons for the conduct of the chair in a way that does not apply to the position of the Crown . |
| 25 | He stands aside from the path and is warned that he tramples on sown seed . |
| 26 | Gunfire rattled against his pectoral shields , and he staggered backwards from the blast . |
| 27 | He rose slowly from the chair . |
| 28 | When he does n't know about something he says so from the beginning and does n't try to waffle round it , ’ says another colleague . |
| 29 | ‘ I want to tell you , ’ he said to his wife but he veered away from the effort which would dim it , tangle , it , and he chose something banal and not what was in his mind . |
| 30 | He twisted away from the two men . |