Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] away " in BNC.

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1 Shiona could n't have agreed more , but her tone was taunting as she told him , ‘ What a pity you 'll have to wait until tomorrow to see me led away in chains . ’
2 There 's the kids , too — I want them got away from him .
3 a very uncomfortable thing for me occurred — There were quite enough queens to register Casanova impotent , and yet every one of them shied away from me as if I had the plague .
4 TWICE before the Kurds have been offered generous deals by Iraq 's Baathist government — only to find them snatched away .
5 Then the three of them swam away into the deeper water under the headland .
6 I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment .
7 I had only known , positively though without details , that there was no help and no comfort forthcoming from the source , and that being so I shied away from any mental flashbacks which could only make me more unhappy and ashamed .
8 I shied away from the prospect .
9 As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim .
10 I crept away from Shadwell .
11 Because I lived away from men for so long , part of me is now permanently closed to them .
12 ‘ I suppose it must , ’ interrupts Howard neatly again , to save his father hesitating over , ‘ since I died , ’ or , ‘ since I passed away . ’
13 As I rode away , I noticed that the front disc brake still faded erratically .
14 Finally , my temper spent , I stalked away .
15 I am always in my very best spirits , for my heart has been as light as a feather ever since I got away from all that humbug ; and , what is more , I have become fatter .
16 ‘ Yeah , but I got away as fast as I could , ’ I said .
17 I knew it did me good to be reminded of how much I loathed the suburbs , and that I had to continue my journey into London and a new life , ensuring I got away from people and streets like this .
18 ‘ I might have kicked a few people in my time , and some would say I got away with it for twenty years .
19 I do n't know how I got away with it . ’
20 ‘ So I got away with that all right .
21 I got away with far too much .
22 I think I got away with quite a lot , considering .
23 So I got away . ’
24 I got away .
25 I got away .
26 Today I got away and there was no way I was going to let my lead slip .
27 Providence , destiny — although I would like to treat destiny with a very small " d " in my case — inevitably played their parts but nevertheless I got away with it , and my crew got away with it .
28 ‘ I 've been leading the life of Riley since I got away from the place .
29 Erm indeed I saw him , I saw Ronnie once in a hotel in er in Washington , this was the time it was n't actually the time he was shot cos I got away that time but the
30 and I got away .
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