Example sentences of "[adv] away as [pron] " in BNC.

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1 And there he was straight away as he retired into the kitchen and setting all his stuff out and his wife walked in , what do you think you 're doing ?
2 His dreams were short and violent , punctuated by images of a vast , barnacle-encrusted shape which drifted disdainfully away as he swam towards it .
3 This followed the line of the river , which ran straight from almost as far away as they could see , flowing smoothly without fords , gravel shallows or plank bridges .
4 The initial elation the rest of us were experiencing was as far away as her childhood .
5 Let's get as far away as we can . ’
6 The orbit will be circular and the Moon will be about 1½ times as far away as it is now and so total solar eclipses will not occur .
7 Yes I am but I do n't being as far away as I am
8 He kept himself diagonally across the room as far away as he could .
9 Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it .
10 She saw that she must do exactly that — run away from him as he had suggested , but as far away as she could go !
11 Everyone smiled at Suzi then looked hurriedly away as her mouth began to tremble .
12 Their lambent glow danced over her sable-dark hair , touched her face briefly , then slid reluctantly away as she moved into the shadows between each one .
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