Example sentences of "run away [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They usually run them at below peak efficiency , they run The Russian reactors they tend to run 'em at maximum efficiency which is you 're very very close to the critical level where it could run away with a little mistake and whoops , you got Chernobyl . |
| 2 | Most of us would probably panic , think catastrophic thoughts , breathe rapidly , run away to a safe place , call out the doctor , and make a will . |
| 3 | There was a man , totally unconnected with the event I think , running away from a flaming van in Horseguards Parade erm and it was a wonderful picture opportunity for the world 's press to carry , but I do think that memories are short from this . |
| 4 | As two likeable gangsters running away from a vicious killer and the crack-selling Triads , Coltrane and Idle hide in a convent , where , inevitably , they find themselves in 101 dodgy situations . |
| 5 | Running away from a national crisis , at all events , was conduct that Waugh and Orwell saw as one . |
| 6 | Feeling sick with relief that she had not run away with a rich man , Frankie shook his head vigorously in agreement and clung to her arm . |
| 7 | Yet on Saturday night he may have run away from a million dollar showdown with Iran Barkley , a man Nigel Benn once conquered , now the IBF champion at 12 stone . |
| 8 | Obviously there are other aspects of intelligent behaviour , some of which Bali may discourage ; perhaps a time will come when he tells himself ‘ I 've run away from a big world to a little one , I was wrong ’ . |
| 9 | She pointed out how to deal with a child , for example , who has run away near a busy road : ‘ You should explain to a child that it is creating danger , or is in a dangerous situation . |
| 10 | They ran away in a great hurry . |