Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] away [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father keeps them hidden away in a room off his library . ’ |
| 2 | Then I glance away with a smile . |
| 3 | I sent away for a video instruction tape over two months ago ; the cheque was cashed well over a month ago but as yet I have not received the tape . |
| 4 | Those who got away with a Heimatschuss ( a ’ blighty wound ‘ ) say they were lucky . ’ |
| 5 | As he did so , she moved away with a look of distaste on her face . |
| 6 | A driving curtain of rain blotted out everything other than the sodden turf nearest the house , the view so depressing that she turned away with a shiver , drawn like a magnet to the books on the shelves . |
| 7 | The visitor to the Museo Guarnacci of Volterra is not likely to forget the series of urns with strange scenes of marauding Celts who run away from a Fury . |
| 8 | And nor , she might have added , did she run away from a fight . |
| 9 | She walked away with a poise unmatched by any woman of his acquaintance , and he stared after her with angry fascination . |
| 10 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 11 | You went away with a photograph to show us . |
| 12 | She looked away for a moment . |
| 13 | Jim will walk with his arm round Anna 's waist , and they tend to vanish if you turn away for a moment . |
| 14 | He was the person when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say ‘ would you water my geranium ’ . |
| 15 | He was the person , when you go away for a vacation , that you leave the key to your flat with , that you say would you water my geranium ; that is the historical sum of William Shakespeare , it 's the truth . |
| 16 | She went away after a while , did the predecessor , and Spike sat there , day after day , whittling a turnip . |
| 17 | With a nod to Mala , she whirled away in a sweep of dark cape , the men following — until Mala stopped them . |
| 18 | She scraped away at a pan in silence for a while . |
| 19 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 20 | The offence in s.3 will not be committed by an accused who walks away from a betting shop or brothel . |
| 21 | That 's why you come away with a sense of release . ’ |
| 22 | I mean it 's hard t y I mean you come away with a list of t things that you 've talked about , maybe headings and that 's about it and then you go and build your own notes up . |
| 23 | Do you have them locked away in a bank vault ? |
| 24 | ‘ It 's something he 's had for some time , but I was always going to play him despite the trouble and the fact he 's one booking away from a ban . ’ |
| 25 | There were things sticking out all over the place on the Albini recordings but we came away with a sound we liked , ’ says the bass player . |
| 26 | As we walked away to a coffee-shop in the Royal Mile , Meehan said , ‘ That 's the first court in my life I 've been turned away from . ’ |
| 27 | SUBH–– WHY are we running away from a game at our national home ? |
| 28 | We sent away for a Plaque Attacker from an advert in your magazine . |
| 29 | On the rare occasions when we went away for a fortnight — to my grandfather 's dank cottage on the Welsh border , land of the slate grey sky — I could hardly wait to get back and listen to the two-weeks ' worth of messages crammed on my answering machine . |
| 30 | No I do n't think so , everybody 's disappointed , especially after the way we played in the first half , but erm on our second half performance , I suppose we can just count ourselves lucky we come away with a point . |