Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] away [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 2 | As Mr Crump meandered away on a line his wife had drawn for him and in which he half-believed , John-Augustus recalled vividly a discussion he had overheard in the stable-yard earlier that morning . |
| 3 | Mrs Healy moved away like a ship under full sail . |
| 4 | There were two black entertainers banging away at a piano . |
| 5 | As in France under the Fifth Republic , West Germany moved away from a system of political parties based on class , religious and constitutional differences . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) Stephen Small raced away from a defender and was brought down from behind inside the area — an indirect free kick for obstruction instead of a penalty . |
| 7 | It is not , to be sure , hugely impressive to look at : a modest , single-storey , office- cum-workshop tucked away in a side street . |
| 8 | Ottaviani stayed away for a fortnight . |
| 9 | SOCCER player Paul Pullen got away with a foul … his identical twin was sent off instead . |
| 10 | Then Jane goes away to a school called Lowood . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure I would , ’ he said , and she felt almost overcome by a tide of relief because it was all right , at last he understood … and then he took his two hands away from hers on the table , and his smile and his entire attitude dropped away like a paper mask . |
| 12 | Eva polished away with a will , thinking of Samuel in the temple who did even the most menial work for God . |
| 13 | His quill pen scratched away on a sheet of treated notepaper , creating a little masterpiece of querulous complaint about a mistress Byron was tired of . |
| 14 | ‘ Ram ’ features more work using semen , aggressively sexual words and a jackhammer humping away against a wall . |
| 15 | The vast heath stretched away like a sea , beyond this one wide street . |
| 16 | leader of a constituency deputation sent away with a flea in its ear by Mr Gregsbury , MP . |
| 17 | When they split up , Tree stayed away for a year , but reemerged to send Bailey a telegram when he married Marie Helvin . |
| 18 | Gomarsall raced away from a maul to score an excellent solo try in 22 minutes and some fine handling produced a touchdown for left-wing Tim Stimpson three minutes later . |
| 19 | Goodey making a change for the benefit of the scheme members paying into a scheme , rather than employers going away in a contribution holiday . |
| 20 | Rory looked away for a second , towards the beach , where the long Atlantic rollers crashed against the broad expanse of gold . |
| 21 | The failure of the Royal Commission 's own research to support their advocacy of large-scale units of local government led to scepticism in the 1970s as opinion swung away from a belief in bigness as a correlate of efficiency and progress . |
| 22 | Piper looked away for a moment . |
| 23 | The recommendation that costs thrown away as a result of the death or illness of a judge in the course of a trial should be paid out of public funds has been given effect by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 . |
| 24 | The tractor driver walked away without a scratch . |
| 25 | The blueness goes away in a day or two . |
| 26 | BLUEBIRD : The thief got away with a nest-egg |
| 27 | TORY back-benchers last night shied away from a rebellion over the Budget imposition of value-added tax on domestic fuel . |
| 28 | TONY AGANA last night walked away from a chance to rejoin Sheffield United on loan — and end his Notts County nightmare . |
| 29 | A THIEF walked away with a haul worth hundreds of pounds when he staged a ram raid on a shop with a wheelbarrow . |
| 30 | You 're like a small drop of water wearing away at a stone . ’ |