Example sentences of "away quickly " in BNC.

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1 When he came he had to pull away quickly so as not to spill a drop of his bodily fluids , like the instructions on the box of condoms said .
2 I turned my head away quickly , but I had had time to take in another feature — his rather sharp , small nose that looked as if it might have been broken in a boxing match .
3 Her glance brought her eyes a little too directly in line with the sun and she pulled away quickly .
4 The roof drainage should be able to take water away quickly and cleanly without obstruction , and therefore eaves tiles should discharge neatly into gutters without water being blown back on to the wall or woodwork .
5 Then you follow me and hit me with a driver and drop away quickly because I 'm going to hit it so fast he wo n't know where the ball is until it 's down the fairway . ’
6 Now Henry thought about it , she seemed to enter rooms which he was in carefully , keeping her back to the wall ; if he got close to her , she nearly always moved away quickly , usually making sure their bodies did not touch .
7 She had a vast helping of shepherd 's pie , which she put away quickly and carefully .
8 She backed away quickly and stood as far from him as she could , cringing like a dog , her tail clamped down hard , her nostrils dilated with fear .
9 This , and the kitten 's inability to move away quickly when the male mounts it , act as sexual signals to the over-excited tom-cat and seal the fate of the unfortunate kitten .
10 Kelly looked away quickly .
11 These wines do lack , however , the depth , elegance and persistence of the Pinot Noir and its characteristics tend to peak early and fall away quickly .
12 Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl .
13 I looked away quickly .
14 She hid it away quickly as I entered the room .
15 Also to get the ball away quickly from the scrummage , the scrum-half can not convey to his opponents that the ball is out of the scrummage i.e. he can not dummy the ball .
16 Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest .
17 He took her hand and made a pretence of examining it and Hari drew her fingers away quickly .
18 That 's why she wanted to get away quickly . ’
19 She smiled back then looked away quickly as if she had been caught doing something wrong .
20 Katherine turned away quickly , suddenly chilled .
21 He caught Emily 's eye on him and looked away quickly .
22 The little Fiat pulled away quickly and Kate put on the radio .
23 The girl walked towards the car and it pulled away quickly , leaving her standing with her hands on her hips by the side of the road .
24 I nodded to them , but when they looked at me I turned away quickly , for fear I should see them exchange puzzled glances .
25 It was there for just a second or two , then it moved away quickly .
26 But he mounted the steps anyway , and knocked on the door to make certain : the sound was sudden and startling , but it died away quickly , with no response from within the building .
27 She looked away quickly , and unfastened the waistband of her uniform skirt .
28 He looked at Bothwell for a minute , and then ran away quickly .
29 But she pulled her hand away quickly .
30 They came with food for us , but then they moved away quickly .
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