Example sentences of "and [vb infin] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were coastal villages in Celebes and Borneo where the men would scowl and stride away , the women would slam their doors and window shutters in our faces , and the children would follow us down the street in howling , baiting hordes , challenging us to lose our poise . |
| 2 | In this way the therapist can observe and explain away any difficulties the client may have and reinforce the benefits of the technique . |
| 3 | What I 'd say to you is , do n't mess up and throw away the opportunity you 've been given , because if you do you 'll only have yourself to blame . |
| 4 | In most cases it is important to use a special primer first , or else the paint will flake and peel away , following a chemical reaction between it and the raw concrete . |
| 5 | Ruth wanted to turn and plunge away , to strike out blindly through the water ; but Adam kept hold of her , and she knew the coast here was treacherous — even at full tide there were currents that could sweep you out to sea . |
| 6 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |
| 7 | Then the ball would drop quickly and spin away . |
| 8 | ‘ Yer Mum asked me to call in and clear away the crocks and tek the chairs outside ready ter goo back ter the mission 'all . ’ |
| 9 | People would stare and look away , but he did n't let them off with that . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | In a dynamic world you can not record and store away every little memo , every little documented change , every little recorded thought , every little written opinion , every little piece of regurgitated data . |
| 12 | Older horses who do n't try and run away from bot-flies , usually have not had the use of shelter sheds when they were young , so have formed the habit of no longer attempting to evade these injurious insects . |
| 13 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
| 14 | Surely , if the train were in a station when the emergency occurred , you would get out and run away as fast as possible . |
| 15 | I wanted to scream and run away . |
| 16 | If Nick made the mildest joke about virginity , about his luck , about impotence , about needing to eat after their exertions , she would dress and run away and it would all be over . |
| 17 | ‘ It would n't be wise to try and run away . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If I do try and run away , then you 're going to make sure I 'm hounded by the press . ’ |
| 19 | I wanted to jump up and run away . |
| 20 | It will do you no good to try and keep away from the hub of activity and hope that by making no impression you will not make a bad impression . |
| 21 | ‘ Then the police came along and told us we should stay inside and keep away from the windows . |
| 22 | to try and keep away from |
| 23 | It was not much extra work to sweep out and clean away the dust , but it did mean , yet again , dismantling the stove . |
| 24 | This is the video to huff and puff away to in the privacy of your living room — it received an overall thumbs-up as safe , enjoyable , well-presented , high quality exercise . |
| 25 | Seconds later they heard the Armstrong start and move away with a screech of tyres . |
| 26 | They began to shift and move away . |
| 27 | If it came to it , she would sell up and move away , taking Ben with her . |
| 28 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 29 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 30 | And I 'll sit here and fart away |