Example sentences of "[to-vb] i away " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 2 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 3 | ‘ For I called on the sea to bear me away , and I came down to this isle and took it for my own . |
| 4 | But I did get another tingle of excitement when I swam a shade too near a jagged reef , and she grabbed me by the shoulder to pull me away . |
| 5 | I also wanted my son Mark , who 's in the army , to give me away before he went on a posting to Northern Ireland . ’ |
| 6 | You said yourself she did n't want to give me away , in the letter . ’ |
| 7 | Elaine did n't want to give me away — Miss Rose said so . |
| 8 | He 'll instruct you to keep me away from all but the most harmless piece of equipment . ’ |
| 9 | I was seething , yes , but not enough to keep me away from you . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't doubt that , Claudia , but you also want to keep me away from Garry , ’ she added shrewdly , ‘ and you want even more to keep me away from Roman . |
| 12 | ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body . |
| 13 | My parents will have to send me away . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ She paid to send me away on a racing car school course at Magny-Cours in France , ’ admitted Damon . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't tell me you 're going to send me away , sir , please ! ’ he exclaimed . |
| 16 | But you 'll never have the strength to send me away — you 're so weak , Bob , that it embarrasses me — and in the end the job will fall to me ; I shall have to send myself away . |
| 17 | She ran out and tried to send me away but I pretended Sabine was expecting me , so she took me to the studio . |
| 18 | ‘ Does that mean that you intend to — to send me away ? ’ |
| 19 | My family were n't wealthy , could n't have afforded to send me away till it was over , could n't have kept it secret , so perhaps it 's just as well it turned out as it did . |
| 20 | He asked the director to get me away from him . |
| 21 | God was there and there seemed no need to pray or sing hymns either to transport me away from the present reality or to ward off danger by attracting God 's attention . |
| 22 | ‘ Have you been hatching something up with her — to stow me away ? ’ |
| 23 | When they tried to take me away he explained , politely , that he was staying with me . |
| 24 | If she was here everything would be OK and Mr Jackson would n't want to take me away . |
| 25 | I 'm looking for a rich husband to take me away from it all . ’ |
| 26 | Accordingly , I wrote to my parents and , having pretended for years that I was relatively happy at school , I now confessed that I was utterly miserable , and begged them to take me away . |
| 27 | Senga blinked back tears , " he told me he loved me and that he 'd come back for me when he 'd made his fortune and could afford to take me away . " |
| 28 | Lili looked at her squarely , and for a moment I entertained a mad hope that she would deny this , would announce that my engagement was a travesty and a cruelty , would say that she was going to take me away and teach me how to dress or to dance . |
| 29 | ‘ Roman and I have been working so hard on this business fair , he 's promised to take me away with him when it 's over ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He offered to take me away from there . |