Example sentences of "drag [pron] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , wild horses could n't drag them away from the task in hand tonight , namely lowering the floor six feet with every beat . |
| 2 | The Linnets are desperate for a win which would drag them away from the lower reaches of the table , and Kettering 's record of only two points from their opening eight away games suggests a home win . |
| 3 | I worked in England but I always seemed to miss the good jobs abroad ; every time I started rehearsing for something special , my mother would drag me away . |
| 4 | What is certain is that we need to recapture the vision of the primitive church , for if only we could drag ourselves away from our television sets and unhook our headphones from our portable stereos we would hear the clear call to arms . |
| 5 | ‘ Great , ’ he reiterated , ‘ sampled a bit of the local night-life , lost a few francs at the gambling tables , and then found that we could n't drag ourselves away from each other , so we spent the night in a hotel . ’ |
| 6 | At last Benjamin would drag himself away and Johanna , screaming for her lost love , would be taken away by the gentle sisters . |
| 7 | ‘ Did I drag you away from your gardening ? ’ he asked , and laughed . |
| 8 | Her feet were like lead ; she could n't drag herself away . |
| 9 | He 'd threatened her with the direst reprisals if she dared to leave their suite , not guessing that wild horses would n't drag her away until she 'd cleared the whole matter up . |
| 10 | In fact , barn owls are reckoned to be one of the hardest breeds to hand-rear and train , and they are n't recommended for beginners — though I did n't know that then , What I did know was that I 'd probably lost the battle with this owl before I 'd started : I suspected he would be impossible to train , but I was so hooked on the idea of having my own bird that I could hardly drag myself away when I was looking at him . |
| 11 | Do n't try and drag us away down with your slipshod ways . |