Example sentences of "[conj] look away " in BNC.
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| 1 | look at the person or look away |
| 2 | ‘ I mean it , ’ Alina said , her gaze so searching now that Amis could n't break contact or look away . |
| 3 | If we are face to face with the person sending the message , then we notice what they are doing with their face , eyes , and body while speaking : maybe they smiled , or shook their fist , or looked away . |
| 4 | She tried looking out of the window to the hospital 's green lawns and the tall eucalypts that stood motionless against a gloriously blue August sky , but found that looking away seemed too impolite . |
| 5 | Yeah and the thing is also being new to driving you tend to look at the headlights rather than look away from them . |
| 6 | McDunn sucks his teeth and looks away . |
| 7 | He folds his arms very tightly , and looks away over Howard 's shoulder . |
| 8 | Victor sighs and looks away . |
| 9 | Perry looks at me and looks away , his eyes darting everywhere . |
| 10 | He nods and looks away . |
| 11 | ‘ You know I do n't like them , ’ she said , standing behind her little brother and looking away . |
| 12 | He had remained subdued for the rest of the evening , glancing at Tom and looking away . |
| 13 | Woolley had n't moved , but the other pilots were shifting and looking away . |
| 14 | People would stare and look away , but he did n't let them off with that . |
| 15 | She looked into his eyes , as if searching for something in them ; her white face made the dark , heavy-browed eyes look lost and empty , and after a while he could not look into them anymore , and had to smile and look away . |
| 16 | And then they just smile at each other and look away and talk about the weather et cetera . |
| 17 | She could only shake her head and look away . |
| 18 | I shrug and look away , as if it does n't matter . |
| 19 | Quick snigger and look at somebody and look away and go |
| 20 | After the failed June 1953 uprising , crushed by Soviet tanks , ‘ people shut their eyes and looked away ’ , said Heiko , a 19-year-old factory worker , after a packed service in the Gethsemane church , in recent weeks a centre of opposition . |
| 21 | The girl beside him thought he was saying something to her and looked away . |
| 22 | Imagining the terror of those left behind in the middle , their precious cover dwindling every moment , Mungo could bear no more and looked away . |
| 23 | I 've embarrassed her , and looked away , feeling surprisingly embarrassed himself . |
| 24 | He glanced for a brief moment at Graham 's heavy body and closed face , and looked away , feeling a little sick . |
| 25 | Catherine bit her lip , and looked away . |
| 26 | ‘ I work in Sharpness Co-op , ’ the girl replied , and looked away shyly . |
| 27 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 28 | I noticed that when Pyke was about to talk he put his head thoughtfully to one side and looked away into the distance . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ Isobel said quietly , and looked away . |
| 30 | Edouard glanced at the large photograph on the front page and looked away . |