Example sentences of "[verb] away from [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shied away from her like a startled horse . |
| 2 | The triangular shape is also common : starting with a broad base , narrowing steadily as one goes away from it for a quarter to half a mile , until one reaches the outlet in a main road of the normal width . |
| 3 | When the marker of comparison is deleted , the text reflects the perceptions of the people , as on the occasion when Lok and Fa hear an echo , and the narrator reports " their words had flown away from them like a flock of birds that circled and multiplied mysteriously … they stood … while the birds flew farther and farther away … ( p. 81 ) . |
| 4 | He stalked away from her to a cherrywood desk in the far corner . |
| 5 | The MI5 man turned away from her with a thoughtful sigh , as if he knew what thoughts were passing through her mind . |
| 6 | When attempting to land on a small spot , you may indeed find it easier to start your autorotation with the model heading away from you in a downwind direction and perform a 180° turn during the descent . |
| 7 | Moving away from him to a place further along the deck , she grimaced at her own rudeness . |
| 8 | When he turned to look , it seemed to him that the hospital was moving away from him like a phantom ship , butting through the September mists . |
| 9 | The whole upper valley of the river Maran stretched away from them in a succession of rich pasture , coppice , and deer park . |
| 10 | The roof of the City stretched away from him like a vast field of snow , empty but for the small group of officials who were gathered , heads bowed , beside the open hatchway . |
| 11 | This should be a rewarding and therefore a motivating experience if the learner does come away from it with a feeling of achievement . |
| 12 | She 's OK ’ with Mrs Lennox and it 's good for her to get away from me for a bit just now and again . |
| 13 | It is argued that lone parents have children taken away from them as a punishment for their failure to cope with society 's shortcomings and its failure to offer adequate support . |
| 14 | The latter told of a hack TV gag writer ( Jason Robards Jr ) trying to prevent his precocious twelve-year-old nephew from being taken away from him by a Child Welfare Officer ( William Daniels ) . |
| 15 | His mouth closed swiftly over her anguished lips , to reassure her that his need was real and would n't be snatched away from her in a punishing gesture . |
| 16 | You ran away from us like a silly little schoolboy , without saying where you were going . |
| 17 | She whimpered and shifted against him , and instantly he released her and straightened away from her with a ragged sigh . |
| 18 | But the meanings of the words seemed to dart away from her like a shoal of minnows as she advanced upon them , and she felt more uneasy still . |