Example sentences of "[vb past] away [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stephen moved away before they could become aware of his head blocking out some of their light . |
| 2 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 3 | She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction . |
| 4 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 5 | Aaron , Benstede 's body-servant , appeared as if from nowhere and both he and his master moved away as Corbett turned to see the French leave , de Craon still smirking . |
| 6 | ‘ Yoo-hoo ! ’ yelled Jack in Wild Western imitation , but his voice tailed away as Inspector Burden of Kingsmarkham CID emerged from Queen Street and approached them across the forecourt of the Olive and Dove . |
| 7 | Her voice tailed away as with a seemingly effortless movement he found his feet , and bounded across the short distance to block her passage . |
| 8 | ‘ Very soon after the campaign of unspeakable suffering had commenced , ’ James Butterworth wrote in 1932 , ‘ those who had laboured long in building up a club saw the once-hooligan juniors , who had become stalwart seniors , whipped away as by magic … |
| 9 | But , of course , the other thing of course , i it takes out the , the one that got away cos you actually see the one that got away |
| 10 | That 's what I used to do with Marie — look for food they chucked away cos it was bashed up and that . |
| 11 | Mr Fox planned to build himself a home very near the village , of which he had plans ready , but unfortunately he passed away before it was built . |
| 12 | A living legend passed away when Ferdinando Keast died in 1891 , aged 87 . |
| 13 | He took hundreds of photographs and Katy thought Cousin Jane and Mike must be tired of photographs too because they climbed into a white car and the car drove away while the man kept clicking his camera again and again . |
| 14 | So we set to under our section corporal , Jimmy Brough , and slogged away until we had completed ten such excavations , wondering where the tents were that were to fill them . |
| 15 | The more she thought about it , the more her confidence ebbed away until she was ready to believe that her efforts had turned up nothing of positive help . |
| 16 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 17 | Much of the activity was puerile and faded away once the initial pride in seeing the list of names and the hopes of government favour had vanished . |
| 18 | I fumed and bittered away while my mother finished her coffee and made concerned remarks about how thin and pale I was looking . |
| 19 | She tried to sound calm and reassuring , but he turned away before she had finished speaking , as if her words meant nothing to him . |
| 20 | The workmen turned away after parents told them of their fears for the safety of local children . |
| 21 | I turned away so you might not see , |
| 22 | Ruth turned away so he would n't see the torment on her face . |
| 23 | And in the houses of fashionable people , men sometimes turned away when he entered a room . |
| 24 | ‘ I turned away because I did n't know where the ball had gone . |
| 25 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't if the senator demands you , ’ Ellen said stubbornly , then turned away as Cutwater 's courtesy taxi arrived from the airport in a salvo of backfires and black smoke . |
| 27 | And yesterday the princess 's lower lip trembled and she nervously turned away as Sebastian sang the poignant opening lines of the 1989 hit , Right Here Waiting For You . |
| 28 | Sharpe caught her eye for a second , then turned away as Lucille ran to him . |
| 29 | She turned away as Victor announced the arrival of their guests . |
| 30 | She kept her face turned away as she moved about the room , and looked stony . |