1.   Ellie had been fighting steadily with Michael, and now Decided to put some distance between them.

2.   He wanted to put some distance between himself and his pursuers.

3.   I pulled out of his grip and put some distance between us.

4.   He wants to put distance between himself and his former boss.

5.   If this is correct Rolle was putting some distance between himself and his father but returning to territory known in childhood.

6.   Wisdom consists in putting some distance between the soul and such destruction.

7.   Already she had put a little distance between them!

8.   In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them.