Example sentences of "to get away [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I were a man , ’ she snapped furiously , ‘ you 'd find yourself lucky to get away with a bloody nose . |
| 2 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 3 | My own plans are somewhat uncertain because of the move , but I do plan to get away for a short break some time towards the end of the month , and I will keep you informed . |
| 4 | The Welsh star was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 5 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 6 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend , Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 7 | The wheat is less reliable , both in yield and quality , being much slower to get away in a cold spring and less certain to ripen and harden into high-quality baking grain . |
| 8 | It was necessary to get away from a beer-hall style of singing these works . |