Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [pron] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
2 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | In a flash he was pushing her away from the path they were making and into the cover of the undergrowth . |
5 | In a moment he had gripped her hand in his and was pulling her away from the bale on which she had been resting . |
6 | She had not killed him , she was leading him away from the open mouth of the cave and towards the distant city . |