Example sentences of "it [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some may not like this idea , because it veers away from established convention , but it 's quicker , plus it saves the hassle of breaking a string peg at an important moment and being left dangling , so to speak . |
| 2 | It tore past me , and I suddenly knew : the Wild Huntsman had commanded it to carry away a human soul . |
| 3 | ‘ It wo n't ‘ appen , your dream ca n't ‘ appen if you tell it to go away . |
| 4 | When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival . |
| 5 | Something in his demeanour made a tremulous question form in Katherine 's mind , but it fluttered away at the distinctive sound of Violette 's infectious laugh . |
| 6 | Bernice shook loose the amiable scrap of nothing and watched as it fluttered away , lost in moments in the gentle glow of Moloch 's endless day . |
| 7 | it it got away a bit you know and and |
| 8 | And then when my wife died and I had to sell all you know it disa er I think er it got away with er some old stuff you know . |
| 9 | It got away from us . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You are n't trying to tell me you 're sorry it got away , are you ? ’ |
| 11 | He blinked , and caught the smile before it got away . |
| 12 | The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief . |
| 13 | It gets old : ignore it , and it goes away . |
| 14 | As it goes away the reverse is the case . |
| 15 | And it it goes away and then all of a sudden it comes back , and it 's re it 's really torturing me . |
| 16 | The condition can last for months , but it goes away completely in time . |
| 17 | " Sometimes , it goes away all by itself , pouff , but sometimes , " she paused , " sometimes not . " |
| 18 | Every religion has been a tradition of response to him , however darkly it groped towards him , however anxiously it shied away from him . ’ |
| 19 | But I stick to my pre-season prediction that Arsenal will have it tucked away well before the last ball is kicked . |
| 20 | It was wider than it had looked and Fenella thought she had been right to think it led away from the road , deeper into the hillside . |
| 21 | Er and they 've now got it stashed away in in Australia waiting for the next exhibition . |
| 22 | Well you can have that and do n't , do n't want it chucked away . |
| 23 | All of it eating away at the spiritual fabric of existence for thousands upon thousands of years . |
| 24 | When it flies away it may be Pursued until it has left the vicinity — as is happening with this beleaguered golden eagle being chased by a group of aggressive ravens . |
| 25 | It flies away , usually to mate , and the females lay eggs on fresh plants to begin the cycle all over again . |
| 26 | Suddenly I have twisted the gun out of his hand — but it flies away from us across the ground . |
| 27 | Then she looked across at Burun , smiled brilliantly , and lashed the st'lyan across the barrel so that it charged away through the trees and out on to the plain . |
| 28 | That 's it come away from it Aaron do n't touch any buttons |
| 29 | It bounced away and he chased it , and a moment later he bumped into the dark , smelly shape of a tramp . |
| 30 | It headed away from the distant airport building , a single-storey edifice , away from the main road to Rovaniemi , heading east cross-country into the wilderness . |