Example sentences of "[verb] away from [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Wharton 's 14th win in 15 fights — the other bout ended in a draw — but he seemed to be allowing the fight to slip away from him through uncharacteristic casualness in the fifth and sixth rounds . |
| 2 | His arms held , though now she had wedged her hands in between her breasts and the hard wall of his chest and was pushing away from him with all her might . |
| 3 | I want to fall in love , she thought , looking away from him with helpless distaste . |
| 4 | A phase of tranquillity and knowledge , of acceptance and harmony , when jealousies and rivalries would drop away from them like dead leaves ? |
| 5 | He was shouting and people were breaking away from him on both sides . |
| 6 | But an intimate dinner at the château was another matter altogether — because this would be the first time she 'd as much as set eyes on him since he 'd walked away from her outside this very room on that awful night . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps I 'll even have time to persuade you not to run away from me after all , mus . ’ |
| 8 | During the course of a conversation , her voice would slowly fade away , and she would lapse into silence , staring away from him with blank eyes , a wistful smile on her face . |
| 9 | Sarah struggled away from him with unreasonable disappointment and anger , all joy gone . |
| 10 | And now what she had to do was maintain her temper at white heat until he had pumped his pleasure into her so that she would not lose her nerve — and possibly her satin — by cringing away from him at that vital last moment — vital for him , fatal perhaps for her — and pleading with him not to make her pregnant . |
| 11 | She felt as though control was slipping away from her in some obscure way . |
| 12 | She stepped down from the carriage and was going to leave him , when he stopped her and said , ‘ You 're not going to turn away from me like that , dear ? |
| 13 | He backed away from her in mock fear , but he was still laughing at her and though she meant every word , she could n't continue to be angry with him . |