Example sentences of "to get away from the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is formed by the light that just fails to get away from the black hole but stays hovering on the edge . |
| 2 | It means that the boundary of the black hole , the event horizon , is formed by the paths in space-time of rays of light that just fail to get away from the black hole , hovering forever just on the edge ( Fig. 7.1 ) . |
| 3 | They 're not very flattering they did n't er , you were n't rated very highly I 'm afraid I think er you tried to get away from the traditional type of |
| 4 | To get away from the metropolitan elitism that The Late Show is still trying to live down , Artrageous ! kicks off tonight with a location report from Bradford on sculpture . |
| 5 | ‘ A set of toys has been carefully chosen to get away from the narrow road safety image , ’ a spokesman for the scheme said . |
| 6 | Bob Bennett was a typical Cockney with a dry sense of humour , who had volunteered for anything that was going just to get away from the parade-ground atmosphere of the Grenadier Guards . |
| 7 | Kylie was also keen to get away from the mass-produced soap to work with material of a more sophisticated calibre . |
| 8 | Mark : I certainly identify with the attitude of a contradiction between my one-to-one relationships and the image of what should happen to try to get away from the heterosexual attitude to relationships . |
| 9 | ‘ We 're trying to get away from the rowdy image . |
| 10 | Both sides of my family left rural south China for Malaya to get away from the grinding poverty , encouraged by the British to fill their need for cheap labour in their colonies . |
| 11 | Sorvino could n't think of a better reason to get away from the ice-pick drone of the alarm . |
| 12 | I had to make an instant decision , so I steered Foinavon to the right — the outside — to get away from the main part of the melee . |
| 13 | He was glad to get away from the brooding perplexity of the honest official . |
| 14 | But after a while she became involved in a quarrel with them , and was trying to get away from the angry group , when Alec d'Urberville rode by . |
| 15 | The problem is how to get away from the encroaching flood water . |
| 16 | He had straightened too when , anxious to get away from the wretched subject of his dog and her foolhardiness , she felt that it might be an idea if she stated her business . |