Example sentences of "lead [pron] away from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 2 | Returning to London , and influenced by Ruskin and Octavia Hill , she went to work as a volunteer at a number of slum-housing projects around Marylebone , where her contributions ranged from carpentry to moral tutoring and advising the poor of the district on careers , and attempting to lead them away from the evils of alcohol . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 4 | As soon as the chicks are mobile , she leads them away from the nest and down to the shore . |
| 5 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |
| 6 | One Saturday evening she takes Howard by the arm and leads him away from the crowd round the pool and the bar , out of everyone 's earshot . |
| 7 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
| 8 | He took her arm and led her away from the entrance . |
| 9 | Connors led him away from the others . |
| 10 | His natural instincts led him away from the pomp and ceremony of regal splendour to the poverty of London 's East End . |
| 11 | As Henry removed his coat and set his briefcase down , Maisie 's fingers , like demented spiders in a bath , ran this way and that , in any direction , it seemed , that might lead them away from the wistful logic of the melody . |
| 12 | Their parents must lead them away from the nest site to other areas where they can collect food and find hiding places . |
| 13 | She stroked its neck , led it away from the interested crowd and over to the grass . |