Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] away from [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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2 Fenner Brockway 's conception of the " Workers Front " , limited to " working class parties " , was adopted at the ILP Conference at Easter 1937 , and the ILP began to draw away from the other participants in the Unity Campaign .
3 As the Citron began to climb away from the crowded rice paddies into the red-soiled rubber plantation region , Joseph studied the face of the driver in the rearview mirror , trying to guess his feelings .
4 The ESC , however , threatened to stay away from the Civic in future if they had to make up the lost revenue .
5 ANGER among Conservative backbenchers was voiced by the former prime minister Edward Heath last night as Tory MPs appeared to back away from a full-scale rebellion over the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel and power in the Budget .
6 People wanted to get away from the stereotyped chapels of plain benches , unvarnished woodwork and oil-lamps , chapels filled with the drone of ‘ psalm-singing green-grocers ’ and their families .
7 I wanted to get away from the boring white theme , but the only dress I really liked was one by David Fielden which had white fur and beading .
8 This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) .
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