Example sentences of "he walked away [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He walked away down the corridor , without so much as a backward look , and tears stung her eyes .
2 And he walked away down the hill .
3 But there was a numb place deep inside , a place he 'd created with his cruelly scathing words , and she gazed back at him with something near loathing as he walked away towards the stairs .
4 He walked away to the desk , collecting his key , and as he walked towards the lifts he flicked a quick glance back to the girl who 'd been brought up as his daughter .
5 He walked away to the fireplace and stood with his head bent , thinking .
6 As he walked away into the twilight , I felt fired up .
7 As he walked away into the crowd , Adam muttered a particularly earthy curse beneath his breath , and Rory looked at him in amazement .
8 He walked away from the army display with them , offering them fruit gums and chattering .
9 No one could have known that he no longer heard the park sounds for the pounding in his temples , or that his feet felt iron-clad as he walked away from the woman he longed to hold in his arms .
10 As he walked away from the house , Mark had remembered that it was along this street , with its brightly — almost garishly — painted houses that Sophia had once seen a cluster of what she took to be exotic tropical fruits in one of the windows , only to realise that they were tomatoes put there to ripen .
11 And he walked away from the manor as though he had arrived there as empty-handed , half-naked and alone as when he left .
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