Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] [adv] from [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And they all did it apart from Chris who said urgh she always works us too hard !
2 My mother 's stories also led me away from home .
3 ‘ All in a good cause , ’ he commented with more of his inbuilt charm , but firmly took her away from things Baroque or Gothic by hailing a passing taxi .
4 I never took them far from home , although I told Nonni I intended to in order to prevent her accompanying me , inventing expeditions to the common where she might tear her stockings on the brambles , or to the recreation ground which was a mile away , too far for her to walk in high-heeled shoes .
5 Gould 's opening statement on Tuesday certainly set him apart from Smith .
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