Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb pp] away from " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But despite being subject to the second wave of pan-European reform in psychiatry since the 1940s , France has not moved away from the asylums with any speed . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ At least Mike has n't run away from his past . |
| 4 | That 's the reality of homebuilding , and in this book Geoff Jones has n't shied away from recognising that patience and a sense of humour are as essential to the completion of a project as adeptness with bandsaw or metal shears . |
| 5 | Relieved that he had apparently not betrayed himself and yet wishing that she had not moved away from him , David told her about the history of the old Jewish quarter of Venice . |
| 6 | Rooted near the bottom of the table , they had not won away from home for nearly two years . |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Matilda looked right back into the flashing eyes of this infuriated female giant and said with total calmness , ‘ I have not moved away from my desk , Miss Trunchbull , since the lesson began . |
| 9 | They have not shied away from sensitive areas . |