Example sentences of "away from his [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was crossing the foyer intending to return to her room to collect her thoughts , however , when the attentive man from Reception came away from his desk and stopped in front of her . |
| 2 | The rider swung his map-case away from his thigh and opened his revolver holster . |
| 3 | Lee brushed the quiff of blond hair away from his forehead and screwed up his eyes . |
| 4 | Alec was beginning to think he had fallen asleep , when he took his hand away from his face and turned towards him . |
| 5 | Felix bawled angrily , on his feet , with his arms swinging on a curve away from his body and looking abnormally long . |
| 6 | ‘ Thanks , I can look after myself ! ’ she pointed out calmly , twisting away from his arm and turning a faint apologetic smile on the watchful Anneliese . |
| 7 | The court had taken Harvey away from his father and put him in the foster home ‘ until such time as the father can control his drinking and make a safe home for the boy . ’ |
| 8 | Alistair jerked the receiver away from his ear and stared at it . |
| 9 | Exercising all the self-restraint of which she was capable , she pulled herself away from his hand and pointed across to the Giudecca . |
| 10 | ‘ He is many hundreds of miles away from his family and likes to go home and see his mother and father , who are elderly , ’ said Mr Ripman . |