Sentence examples for he was distanced from inspiring English sources

He was distanced by stage winner Philippe Gilbert and eventual Tour de France winner Cadel Evans, but finished with the main front group six seconds back for eighth on the day.

In this way he was distancing himself and the field from Norman Rockwell's dominant realist manner.

She felt that "he was distancing himself from her" in a "professional choice".

He seemed irritated when it was suggested that in saying it was General Franks's plan he was distancing himself from it.

He has, however, already shown that he has his own ideas about what Philips needs.Even before taking over, he was distancing himself from the Boonstra years.

But a small independence movement took root, and in 1998, when Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic embraced it when he was distancing his republic from Slobodan Milosevic.

Also, it's clear that he was stripping Vuitton of the preferences of his predecessor, Marc Jacobs, notably irony and theatrics, at the same time that he was distancing himself from Balenciaga, now under Alexander Wang.

Norquist had bought five tables, at a total cost of ten thousand dollars, but he was attending only the cocktail hour, which had prompted comments that he was distancing himself from DeLay.

Last week, Star, a popular Hot 97 radio host, said he was distancing himself from the battle between Jay-Z and Nas because he feared that "ignorant" fans would go too far.

He was fed up with the Garnetts for ignoring board advice, but some whispered that he was distancing himself from a disaster.

Last month, in a dispute over VW's future, Mr Piech said that he was "distancing himself" from Mr Winterkorn, but denied reports that he was trying to oust the chief executive.