Example sentences of "[to-vb] away at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another girl , who looked wretchedly unhappy and as if she might be going to fade away at any moment , practically had a miscarriage on stage one night as a result of some pills she 'd been made to take by her awful lout of a lover . |
| 2 | In some houses the fire grate was loose in the wall and looked liable to fall away at any moment … perhaps when full of live coals and with a pan of boiling water . |
| 3 | Ca n't understand what families want to go away at all . |
| 4 | And so is not theirs to give away at all . |
| 5 | Their survival value is clear : when severe injuries first happen it may be more important to get away at all costs than to stop and attend to them . |
| 6 | She lost six tail feathers , and was lucky to get away at all . ’ |