Example sentences of "[vb infin] away [prep] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She clung to him and laughed a little through her sobs , and he said : ‘ We shall float away on a tide of your tears if you 're not careful . |
| 2 | Seconds later they heard the Armstrong start and move away with a screech of tyres . |
| 3 | As the MIND report concludes , not only must the system be made more user friendly , but it must move away from a supply-led to a consumer-oriented approach . |
| 4 | As a rationalist , I had but to snap my rational fingers , it might be argued , and the devil would fade away in a puff of smoke . |
| 5 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 6 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 7 | And I can go away on a holiday at last . |
| 8 | While in the summer you might get away with a pair of trail boots , I would always want to wear something more substantial for traditional British hill-walking . |
| 9 | You can get away with a lot of things at Oxford , but disappearing off the face of the earth just before term starts is not one of them . |
| 10 | Early that afternoon , as soon as she could get away from a lunch with colleagues from her department , Loretta set off for the Sunday Herald building . |
| 11 | But the outcome was to demonstrate forcefully that you should never shy away from a fight for fear of losing . |
| 12 | Those were the words he spoke to her as she lay in his arms in the vulnerable moments following his pleasure when only a lout — in his opinion — would turn away from a woman without a word and go to sleep . |
| 13 | But he will slip away for a holiday in a luxury Spanish villa after the final ceremony . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , since I 'm not needed , ’ she pipes up , ‘ I 'll just slip away for a walk on the beach . ’ |