Example sentences of "was [adj] away [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small airstrip was well away from the house and even before they turned to land a car had left the property and was heading out to meet them . |
| 2 | The point is that many an insect was saved by an exceedingly slight resemblance to a twig or a leaf or a fall of dung , on occasions when it was far away from a predator , or on occasions when the predator was looking at it at dusk , or looking at it through a fog , or looking at it while distracted by a receptive female . |
| 3 | He said he had helped the hijacker to pick Hanover Airport because its runway was far away from the control tower . |
| 4 | But all this was far away from the mind of Samuel Reichmann . |
| 5 | It did n't take her long to pack the few clothes she would need , even though her mind was far away in the past . |
| 6 | She was far away in the world of her imagination . |
| 7 | But just around a bend in the road an opposition supporter who was frightened away from the station , Mr Ram Raj Upadhyaya , said : ‘ We are all terrified and afraid to go anywhere near the polling station . |