Example sentences of "and [verb] away [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The noise is formidable , for the rocks clatter and bang away down a steel chute that dumps them back on the ground . |
| 2 | His lean , muscular body was tanned , presumably from his years in Australia , and while the hair on his legs had turned to gold the triangle of hair on his chest was dark and tapered away to a point at the base of his flat stomach , disappearing beneath the band of his black swimming-trunks . |
| 3 | He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter . |
| 4 | After his death his empire could barely be sustained by the new rulers ( including Charles the Bald and Charles the Fat — is it possible to hold an empire together when the populace is taking the mickey out of you to that extent ? ) and crumbled away over a period of two centuries . |
| 5 | Weeks of floating had made her fat and idle , but she flipped into the waves and swam away in a flurry of wings and flippers , raising a snowstorm of foam . |
| 6 | She broke off as if afraid of being overheard and moved away with a nod and a wave . |
| 7 | He simply wished that he did n't have to contend with the unspoken supposition that the two of them were hiding up there on the Step and banging away like a couple of baboons , which he saw in the eyes of more than one person who wished him good morning when he went into town to pick up his mail . |
| 8 | A charcuterie in Aurillac or Vic-sur-Cère or some other small but locally important town will possibly provide a pâté the like of which you never tasted before , or a locally cured ham , a few slices of which you will buy and carry away with a salad , a kilo of peaches , a bottle of Monbazillac and a baton of bread , and somewhere on a hillside amid the mile upon mile of golden broom or close to a splashing waterfall you will have , just for once , the ideal picnic . |
| 9 | It probably was n't bubbling and smoking away like a witch 's cauldron but I certainly remember it that way What was it ? |
| 10 | ‘ It must be awful being old and put away in a home because no one will have you at home and look after you . ’ |
| 11 | The boy gave an amused flick of his head , swung round unhurriedly — yet not too slowly , either — and sauntered away with a laugh , his admirers tittering after him . |
| 12 | He dreaded her reaction : seeing her wriggle and flick her tail and swim away in a sea of lies — or seeing her pop like a burst balloon . |
| 13 | I flew over Paddy 's shoulders , bounced off the bonnet and rushed away like a madman . |
| 14 | Seconds later they heard the Armstrong start and move away with a screech of tyres . |
| 15 | ‘ Why ? ’ he said once more , and walked away towards a bus-shelter . |
| 16 | Who took a spin at 100 mph and walked away in a daze ? |
| 17 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 18 | It 's important to get the feeling of weight , et the balance of it right , not make it too light , as if it could rise up and float away like a feather . |
| 19 | Kandinskaya stared hard at her and said , ‘ The first one was apparently plucked out of its route between Mars and Andronicus and whisked away to a place in the asteroid belt some seventy-nine degrees away from here . |
| 20 | Charlton knows Ireland can afford one slip-up , but his side has every chance of upsetting the rhythm of the Spanish and coming away with a result . |
| 21 | Alternatively , you can have a sample of blood taken and sent away to a laboratory for a much fuller analysis . |
| 22 | She turned Midnight on his hocks and went away at a canter . |
| 23 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 24 | ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’ |
| 25 | But as they seized her by the mantle , she shook it from her shoulders , folded two of her children in her arms and floated away through a window , never more to be seen by her husband and the two children she had left behind . |
| 26 | Both professional organisations and the statutory bodies have worked hard to achieve a career structure which rewards so-called ‘ hands on ’ nursing , and moves away from a system whereby the standard route for promotion is removal from direct patient care into a separate hierarchical management role . |
| 27 | Having said that , he enjoyed the depth of conviction to be heard at a conventicle and slipped away to a service on the muirs above the village as often as he was able to do so . |
| 28 | We , also , have to be able to goto Blackburn and come away with a result if we expect to advance in the Cup any further than the 4th round . |
| 29 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
| 30 | A heron rose from the river and flapped away into a clump of tall trees in the distance . |