Example sentences of "and [verb] away [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
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 Other products were taken from the stall and given away to a Middlesbrough stall .
4 He nodded , then turned and rode away at a canter .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 She broke off as if afraid of being overheard and moved away with a nod and a wave .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 It probably was n't bubbling and smoking away like a witch 's cauldron but I certainly remember it that way What was it ?
11 ‘ It must be awful being old and put away in a home because no one will have you at home and look after you . ’
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 I flew over Paddy 's shoulders , bounced off the bonnet and rushed away like a madman .
15 Seconds later they heard the Armstrong start and move away with a screech of tyres .
16 ‘ Why ? ’ he said once more , and walked away towards a bus-shelter .
17 Who took a spin at 100 mph and walked away in a daze ?
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 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 Alternatively , you can have a sample of blood taken and sent away to a laboratory for a much fuller analysis .
23 She turned Midnight on his hocks and went away at a canter .
24 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 .
25 ‘ We eventually fell madly in love and went away for a string of dirty weekends . ’
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas .
  Next page