Example sentences of "keeping as far " in BNC.

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1 Then he took a slice of bread from the wooden board and , keeping as far away from the growling dogs as possible , crossed to the cooker in the far corner near the pantry door .
2 I lower myself into the chair , keeping as far away as possible .
3 They passed the beast cautiously , keeping as far away as possible , Allen and Marian with their bows ready , and Hugh with his sword in his good hand .
4 Jimmy skipped away up the stairs towards the plinth , just as the girl began to sit up , with Duvall and Rohmer keeping as far away from her as possible .
5 Next to him on his left , keeping as far as possible from the coals as though to emphasize his lack of pretensions to warmth , was Percy Makepeace ( ‘ We 're distantly welated to the Thackeways ' ) , the pale shred of a mathematics teacher .
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