Example sentences of "[to-vb] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I made ready to slip away down the passage . |
| 2 | It might seem too easy to him just to slip away into the fantasy world of death . ’ |
| 3 | There was a small queue at the rear exit as the men waited to slip away into the night . |
| 4 | The sentry took advantage of the pause to slip away into the undergrowth . |
| 5 | It is the custom , you understand , for the bride and groom to slip away from the wedding during the evening celebration , and hide somewhere — at a friend 's for example . ’ |
| 6 | Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter 's shop . |
| 7 | In freedom , he managed to hide away in the wilds and educate himself . |
| 8 | His only serious challenger was E.S.B. , but Devon Loch was a length to the good at the last fence and started to pull away up the run-in , over a quarter of a mile long . |
| 9 | Carefully , slowly , Grace and her father tried to get the boat near the rock , but three times they had to pull away at the last minute . |
| 10 | These had probably been caused as Trixie tried to pull away from the heater . |
| 11 | Those of you who are still concerned about our results should take comfort in the fact that these are early days and with the season barely three-quarters over we still have ten games remaining in which to pull away from the bottom . |
| 12 | Show her how to pull away from the body as she pulls the zip up , so other clothes do n't get caught in it . |
| 13 | Fun 's the last thing I feel like ! ’ she replied swiftly , trying to pull away from the deceptive strength of his hold . |
| 14 | United need the points to pull away from the bottom . |
| 15 | But then anyone who picked up a book entitled Does God Exist ? hoping to come away with the answer is liable to be disappointed . |
| 16 | Scotland must take their chances in London against a side that has been the most consistent for the last few years if they are to come away with the spoils of victory . |
| 17 | As she lifted it out , she realized that the backing was beginning to come away from the heavy cream cardboard of the mount . |
| 18 | The first priority tomorrow must be to come away from the game with at least a point . |
| 19 | To bear away from the wind , you must move your body weight to the other side by bending the knees and bringing the hips over the board . |
| 20 | Across the oceans , Sotheby 's continues to plug away at the Japanese market with its Print sale in Tokyo , now bolstered by a few nihonga ( Japanese-style ) paintings . |
| 21 | He had a small drink from a bowl and started to wander away from the camp . |
| 22 | Yesterday Acting Detective Inspector Colin Gibson , of Darlington CID , said the teenager suffered a slight cut to his face after trying to struggle away from the two . |
| 23 | ‘ We 'd do best to meet away from the office , ’ he said . |
| 24 | The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital . |
| 25 | Once she allowed herself to stray away from the main concourse , lured by the strains of a string quartet , to find herself in a large square dominated by a giant plane tree . |
| 26 | A letter appears above the person and typing the letter allows the person to jump away from the spear . |
| 27 | The recession , which we expected to fade away through the year , has hit us full on , and as I write there is little sign of light at the end of the proverbial tunnel . |
| 28 | He does not want to fade away from the scene . |
| 29 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 30 | WOLVES manager Graham Turner , desperate not to fall away from the Division One promotion pacesetters , looks set to move for Morton striker Alex Mathie . |