Example sentences of "and [verb] away [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault . |
| 2 | Police at Ames , Iowa , are looking for a one-legged burglar who stole a three-legged Labrador dog from an electrical contracting business and got away in a stolen pick-up truck . |
| 3 | ‘ I paid cash and drove away with a funny feeling in stomach over my decision , ’ Darren recalls . |
| 4 | They took this idea to Prince Charles ' Youth Business Trust — and came away with a low-interest loan for £4,000 . |
| 5 | The pony , irritated by her slow pace , tossed its head , tore the reins from her grasp , knocked her over and trotted away with a malicious whinny and a triumphant shake of its mane . |
| 6 | The rest of the animals had been roughed off and turned away in a distant paddock . |
| 7 | After all , he was the chief scientist on board the boat , it was his $250,000 paying for this month-long expedition ( this research vessel cost $7000 a day to run ) , and he was getting a little nervous out there , all by himself , getting colder by the second and drifting away on a little piece of ice . |
| 8 | With no prospect of campaigning , and stuck away in a bleak piece of desert , I find things get a bit grim sometimes . |
| 9 | Lifting his hand in a casual salute , he stepped back , leaving her no choice but to start the car and drive away with a casual wave . |
| 10 | The old eight-valve , four-cylinder 115 bhp engine still retains a quiet refinement , revs willingly and pulls away with a clean pick-up . |
| 11 | It was a horrific crime and I hope the two thugs who did it can be apprehended and sent away for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | Formed in ice-cut cirques or shallow , steep-sided valleys , the Signy Island lakes are moraine-dammed and often rimmed by a rubble-covered shelf about 1 m below the surface ; the shelves are swept clear of sediment by wind-induced turbulence , and fall away to a narrow , sediment-filled trough . |