Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] away from [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ While the Chris Hani case did have a tremendous impact on South Africa it has not taken away from investigations into the murders of Julie and Elizabeth . ’
2 Instead new development has gradually gravitated away from North Shields and is now much nearer to Whitley Bay [ then a separate local authority ] .
3 Lewis , standing at the front gate , had managed to catch most of the exchanges ; had watched Mrs Williams as she 'd finally turned away from Morse in tearful distress .
4 His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court .
5 Rooted near the bottom of the table , they had not won away from home for nearly two years .
6 ‘ We 've always kept away from humans ! ’
7 When he arrived he got talking with someone of about his age , who had also run away from home .
8 and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ?
9 Verona was far away and I had never lived away from home ; besides , I was not sure that my parents had ever contemplated the possibility that I might do so .
10 I have perhaps strayed away from matters of industry .
11 Organized interests not surprisingly have increasingly turned away from legislatures and have concentrated their political pressures on the bureaucracy and the executive .
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