Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could see the Quattro 's tail-lights drawing slowly away from him in stop-start jerky movements . |
| 2 | He did n't answer right away but kept his eyes on the rear-view mirror . |
| 3 | I did n't answer right away . |
| 4 | The McLaren girl did not answer right away and Mrs. Favor leaned towards the girl . |
| 5 | She was longing to go somewhere away from all this , among people who did n't know her , quiet and dark where nothing happened . |
| 6 | ‘ When we — I realised right away that I was the first man to … |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll get this checked right away . |
| 8 | ‘ But we have to go right away . |
| 9 | Things which are used once or twice a year — turkey roasting pans , huge party casseroles , picnic baskets , should be rigorously stashed right away , if possible out of the kitchen altogether — under the stairs , in an attic , in the basement or garage in a house ; in some more remote cupboard in a flat or apartment . |
| 10 | Sacher turned the ignition key , began to drive slowly away . |
| 11 | The Stealer loped slowly away as though injured , dodging from one steel column to the next . |
| 12 | There are many examples of companies which have developed right away from their original business and yet still remain proud names . |
| 13 | The wagon train came to a standstill — a circle was formed right away |
| 14 | ‘ We saw the job advertised in January and applied right away , ’ says Derry . |
| 15 | Greville Starkey 's riding of the horse came in for fierce criticism , but he made no mistake in Dancing Brave 's next race , drawing right away from Triptych to win the Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park . |
| 16 | He had taken his sister to town that morning , to Miss Baker 's and Miss Adeane 's where all the gossip would be flowing free and strong , and bought her a new hat and gloves and a flask of the perfume Miss Adeane kept hidden discreetly away for customers who wished it to he believed that they smelled naturally of lavender or roses . |
| 17 | Normally when you start water-skiing , you are lying in the water with your skis up in the air and the boat goes slowly away and you slowly come up , but this was like being catapulted into the water . |
| 18 | W. S. I was posted right away on nights . |
| 19 | Between Hendaye-Plage and its parent of Hendaye , there is much water side , because Hendaye is hidden defensively away a mile from the sea , on the wide estuary of the river Bidassoa . |
| 20 | She struggled from Sophia 's embrace and jumped down among the windfall apples , rolled one over with her paw , then turned and stalked indifferently away among the Michaelmas daisies . |
| 21 | You 've got long hair too , black hair which you push impatiently away from your face with one hand while gesticulating with the other to make a point as you talk . |
| 22 | You do n't want to run the risk of someone like that getting at you , so steer right away from any of the sorts of activities listed above . |
| 23 | Sometimes they 'd fuck right away , or sometimes they 'd wait till they were about to leave , but they 'd always do it on the sheet , the same sheet he 'd brought that first time , as if , without it , some spell might be broken and everything would fall apart . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd better go round there and apologise right away . ’ |
| 25 | Then the 6 A.M. Garvie connection drew slowly away , carrying with it Wrens Bainbridge , Kendal and McKeown . |
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| 27 | we 'll let you know right away . |
| 28 | we 'll let you know right away . |
| 29 | ‘ Pressure 's dropped right away , ’ Kath said quietly . |
| 30 | The cab moved wearily away . |