Example sentences of "get away [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Mike McFarlane ran in the first semi-final , got away to a brilliant start and was never headed , recording 10.22 seconds .
2 In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict .
3 Allan got away to the best start and led for the opening thirty metres ( the commentators were going berserk ! ) .
4 ‘ Jamie got away with a black eye .
5 And they got away with a large quantity of tools and car batteries .
6 In the end I was burgled , and they got away with a large number of the works that I kept stored .
7 The perpetrator , the young Rugby lock , Smith , got away with a stern lecture from referee Steve Lander , who had been alerted to the incident by his touch judge .
8 The K2s got away on the second attempt .
9 They righted the boat , however , and got away at the second attempt .
10 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 .
11 Tyrone Evans had been brought into the court 's car park when he overpowered his guard and got away in a blue Renault .
12 I think we should have got away with a small Coke , should n't we ?
13 THIEVES have got away with a substantial amount of cash from the main branch of Lloyds Bank in Darlington .
14 They were spreading rumours that Mac and I knew the starter and that I had got away with a false start .
15 I had got away by a lucky stroke and there would be no problem getting back into the Grand because one of my pals would be on sentry duty and it would be a case of " pass friend " .
16 The strings here play a melodic line including the major 3rd of E7 ( G£ ) , while the bass gets away with a low G natural ( as it is only a sixteenth note long and not in an exposed position ! ) .
17 The two women in the middle are the problem ; here Keatley never really gets away from the stereotypical images of woman plus career ( Jackie ) and woman minus c ( Margaret . )
18 If one broadens that range and spreads it more evenly , one gets away from the present situation in which those at the bottom end of the range are paying more than they need to pay because of the way the system has been constructed .
19 It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist .
20 " Oh , I think he was accustomed to getting away with a great deal .
21 I shall do my very best for him and , if anything you say is true , getting away to a different atmosphere with other boys will be the answer .
22 ‘ We 're getting away from the immediate problem .
23 ‘ We are getting away from the labour party for industrial workers , ’ says Walter Momper , the SPD mayor of Berlin and one of the new generation of leaders .
24 That is getting away from the old system whereby the County Council held a vast store of advisers in Macclesfield House , stacked up , and schools that needed them requested them and off they went , but schools in fact that wanted perhaps a different sort of advice , was n't able to get it from Macclesfield House , and could n't buy it outside because it did n't have the money to do so .
25 ‘ We 're getting away from the main subject .
26 Just getting away from the madding crowd proves to be a major feat on the most crowded island on Earth .
27 This is seen as an important means of getting away from the elitist concept and encouraging everyone to take a longer view , even if his or her immediate task involves short-term objectives .
28 You get away with a good deal , ’ he said looking at Taliesin thoughtfully .
29 do things out , you know , this is me , because this is what a holiday for me is , is all about get away off the regular routine of
30 It is when we get away from the domestic scene that the more serious flaws become apparent .
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