Example sentences of "i [vb past] away from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shied away from the prospect . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been leading the life of Riley since I got away from the place . |
| 3 | I moved away from the beam , right ? |
| 4 | I moved away from the bus post , they needed the support more than I did . |
| 5 | I came away from the Oxford seminar with a clear idea in my mind about what I should do to stimulate discussion on this subject in Wales . |
| 6 | ‘ I was pretty saddened when I came away from the doctors . |
| 7 | In the end I went along and scraped a pass , largely to avoid the horrendous scenes with my parents that would ensue if I came away from the temple of learning empty-handed . |
| 8 | " What 's the matter , James ? " he asked as I came away from the phone . |
| 9 | I came away from the workshop with ideas for introducing total quality into education , plus curiosity about the practicality of BS 5750 procedures in a school . |
| 10 | I turned away from the window and sank down upon the bed . |
| 11 | I turned away from the scars near Warrendale Knots and dropped down by Middle High Hill to Settle and lunch at the Naked Man where the nicest ladies you could ever wish to meet serve real Yorkshire food , and plenty of it . |
| 12 | He sank back into his chair as Pyke and I walked away from the table , and tossed the whisky down his throat . |
| 13 | I stumbled away from the caravans and sat down by the hedge to wait for Tumbleweed . |
| 14 | Signe saw the policeman just as I pulled away from the kerb . |
| 15 | I looked away from the sea , behind the sliver of beach , where the hills first rose steeply , then flattened out . |
| 16 | Each time I looked away from the road , the wheelbarrow fell over . |
| 17 | So I selected " up " once more and went round again , I went away from the aircraft circuit and tried this once more and still no green . |
| 18 | For the moment I kept away from the university . |
| 19 | I grew away from the Church being a clergyman s son , of course , and now that I 've come back to it I find it the same only more so — fewer people and even more cups of tea . ’ |
| 20 | One of the strong impressions that I took away from the secondment was the ability of C&P managers at all levels to use various diagrammatic models to help them not only explain the workings of the company , but to help them analyse problems and synthesize solutions . |
| 21 | But when I ran away from the orphanage , I was so nearly trapped again . |