Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] away [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mandy managed to pull herself away from the glasses long enough to roll green eyes at her cousin and wrinkle her freckled nose . |
| 2 | Pushing himself away from the walls of the KGB building , Kirov walked in the direction of the Post Office . |
| 3 | Europe 's highest mountain railway which beings in Grindelwald and climbs through magnificent scenery to the Jungfrau is a must ; and there are excursions to Berne and Lucerne , if you can tear yourself away from the mountains for long enough ! |
| 4 | I heard no more of the debate and to the astonishment of my fellow delegates I stormed out of the auditorium and locked myself away in the Ladies to howl out my rage , alone . |
| 5 | Mickey Morris ' continued involvement in spite of his parents ' derision , Carlos Francis ' determination to defy his parents ' ridicule of football as a career , former British and European middleweight boxing champion Bunny Sterling 's refusal ‘ to let on to ’ his parents about his boxing : these are typical examples of black kids cutting themselves away from the strings of their parents and locating the vital , influential figures in their lives elsewhere . |
| 6 | He is one of the few first-class players who make a point also of drinking in the public bar at grounds rather than cocooning himself away in the players ’ or sponsors ' lounges . |
| 7 | I have worked for you in all ways practically from the moment you were born and I 'd die rather than see you throw yourself away on the likes of her ; for she is scum , and I repeat it , scum . |
| 8 | The further we expand the adult the further we take ourselves away from the fears of our primitive self . |