Example sentences of "[vb past] away from [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In 1832 , he moved away from his beloved Helps ton to a larger house in bleak North borough on the edge of the tens .
2 Last night , hundreds of calls were received by police after the BBC Crimewatch programme reconstructed the moment that James wandered away from his 25-year-old mother , Denise , while she was in a butcher 's shop .
3 Lissa turned away from his cool scrutiny .
4 Sara turned away from his dark glance .
5 She turned away from his probing eyes , busying herself by filling the kettle at the sink .
6 She turned away from his scathing eyes .
7 He would not , could not , he bunched his fists and looked away from her fierce brow and curving lips and asked her brusquely what she wanted .
8 She looked away from his questioning eyes , aware of a tell-tale blush warming her face .
9 In later years he drifted away from his original Liberalism and his later Labour ties , and in 1910–11 served as a Conservative nominee as alderman on the London county council .
10 So she and I ran away from him several times .
11 Angrily but resigned , I stamped away from their bland assurances .
12 I could , of course , have added that some of those crowded around the door were likely to end up like Conor unless they backed away from their relentless hedonism , from their incessant living for the moment .
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