Example sentences of "divert [pron] from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
| 2 | He did n't let memory divert him from his present pleasure , but found his rhythm ; long , slow strokes . |
| 3 | ‘ You know I have n't walked so much during my entire lifetime as I 've walked these last few days , ’ he said with an effort to divert her from her dark thoughts . |
| 4 | Perhaps that was one of the reasons which prompted my father to teach me to read , and so divert me from my inexorable pursuit of my mother . |
| 5 | Cosmas and Damien 's murders are meant to torture and punish us as well as unnerve and divert us from our true mission . |