Example sentences of "he [verb] away at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He stepped forward and allowed him to snip away at the stitching . |
2 | He got away at the cost of a couple of buttons and the boxer turned his attention to one of the ladies . |
3 | He tinkered away at the mechanism upon his wrist . |
4 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
5 | And he looked away at the crowd so near to him and felt a stab of real fear . |
6 | He dived away at the double and took himself as far as his long legs would carry him . |