Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] away [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever the conference adjourned , I noticed , as no doubt his lordship did with some concern , that Mr Lewis would quickly take M. Dupont away to some corner or other where they could confer quietly . |
| 2 | In fact there are two different meanings hidden away in this phrase : the state can be relatively autonomous of the capitalist class , which is appropriate for an organizational model of the state ( Figure 5.1 ) . |
| 3 | The band contributed an acoustic version of ‘ Give My Love To Kevin ’ to a compilation tape given away with Underground magazine . |
| 4 | The fables moved away from pseudo-scientific intent to edification in the realm of morals . |
| 5 | For example , if a person came to me suffering from rounded shoulders I might give him or her an instruction to ‘ think of your shoulders going away from each other ’ . |
| 6 | Think of the shoulders going away from each other ( for rounded shoulders ) . |
| 7 | The iron-clad Monitor and Merrimack hammered away at each other in the American Civil War . |
| 8 | All nine aircraft clattered away at full power down the ‘ deck ’ , with their nosewheels coming off the ground very quickly , in what was one of the most impressive set pieces seen by the writer in many years . |
| 9 | Some clients pulled away by sheer willpower ; many did not . |
| 10 | It was not until she reached the age of specialization that she realized how well she had succeeded , although she had had her suspicions : but at the age of fifteen , at the moment of choice , the moment from which the Arts stretched away in one direction and the Sciences in another , never to meet again , she realized that Mrs Hill and Miss Haines had actually been fighting over her . |
| 11 | The first is the conclusion that it does not do any good for any delegation to stay away from any part of the process and that all parties should hang in there and keep the discussions going with as much momentum as possible . |
| 12 | I 'm gon na start by going back to that graph we looked at first thing this morning which is trying to explain what had been happening to the pattern of tourism , both visitors to this country and visitors moving away from this country in the period nineteen seventy eight to nineteen eighty two . |
| 13 | You drive along a narrow , twisting road half-way up a mountain of rocks and boulders , supporting nothing but scrub and heather plus a few of the tougher and more foolhardy breed of sheep , round a bend and then , suddenly , you look down and there is the valley , with its winding river , fertile fields , a village tucked away at one end , and a verdancy that knocks you for six with its lushness . |
| 14 | My route to work involves a lot of difficult roads with the engine spinning away in second gear , but I average 38 to 40 mpg . |
| 15 | We telephoned from our mobile to theirs — probably at a combined speed of 100mph going away from each other — and it was indeed us who were hotfooting it away from the airport . |
| 16 | Helen got away for one day and they spent nine hours together in the open air . |
| 17 | Only the women and Warren get away with mere makeup . |
| 18 | Starting at the crowded favoured end is all very well if you can get a good clean start , but more often than not , there is so much crowding that only a few boards get away in clean wind . |
| 19 | For years Pakistan 's opponents have made snide remarks about their bowlers getting away with such trickery as seam-picking and scuffing up the ball , ploys which make the ball swerve off the pitch or swing further in the air . |
| 20 | The chase films swept away by this development may have been repetitive but they offered an excitement that no one can have secured from the sight of London stage actors running through potted silent versions of Shakespeare . |
| 21 | Even seemingly wild ideas may be aired at this point to break away from stale thinking . |
| 22 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 23 | Chin set in a parody of male stubbornness , Bill was attempting to convey to his wife his urgent need to get away from this madness aid return to the house where they were staying . |
| 24 | As it was , someone mentioned the restricted hip-turn and the first of hundreds of perfectly good golf balls whistled away beyond human ken . |
| 25 | Digital Sky point out that this interface does away with any need for the B.F. Goodrich FlightSystem Stormscope display head , so saving panel space . |
| 26 | Michelle come away from that paper |
| 27 | Lotus 's VARI process does away with laborious hand lay-up of fibres ( above ) |
| 28 | Left : Central ventilation from Rega does away with individual room fans . |
| 29 | A ‘ stringer ’ is n't just a freelance — it 's a correspondent based away from head office whose local contacts give him an on-the-spot usefulness which far surpasses that of a reporter sent out from head office . ’ |
| 30 | In high season pedaloes , canoes and wind-surf boards can be hired in the village which is a 25 minute walk away by busy road or along the beach . |