Example sentences of "[verb] away [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to the parties given in his honour , from which Eliot would contrive to slip away after a token attendance , these functions , never too large , were the kind he most enjoyed . |
| 2 | The reader might have come away with a Victorian idea of the inexorability of progress , each generation better , finer and braver than its parents . |
| 3 | She wanted to eat her cake and have it , put Georg away in a little box for the future , when she 'd finished having a good time . |
| 4 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 5 | Half a crown And you used to come away with a big piece of flat brisket and if he 's got any sausage left , or bits a of pork pies , he used to shove a bit of that in . |
| 6 | For more recipe ideas send away for a free booklet to ‘ Salads through the seasons ’ |
| 7 | Let your tack dry away from a direct source of heat ; do n't put it in front of a radiator or fire , or the leather will become brittle . |
| 8 | Carried away on a rushing tide of dark enchantment , she quivered as his tongue caressed her skin , his mouth feather-light as it brushed enticingly , back and forth , over her swollen nipples . |
| 9 | But Clive Lawton , head of educational services , said there was still a long way to go , and he warned against being carried away with a good idea if it were to impoverish the rest of the scheme . |
| 10 | A tree that goes in a chipper as a 7ft , 20lb pine comes out as a pile of fragrant mulch that can be carried away in a small box to be used in parks or gardens . |
| 11 | The muse 's intervention occurs after Astrophil appears to be carried away in a violent frenzy , unable to find a fit language to achieve his ends . |
| 12 | Chugging away on a floppy . |
| 13 | A little farther on the severe cliffs melt away into a large area of sand and sand dunes at Gunwalloe . |
| 14 | Then it moved away at a brisk trot , the small and incredibly ugly imp that was perching on its lid watching the scenery with interest . |
| 15 | After primary school I moved away to a different High School but I have the photographs and certificates of achievement that I have worked for . |
| 16 | Wearing a chic black costume and white fur wrap , she is seen waving to him as he departs for the colony before walking away to a smart car beside which stands a chauffeur . |
| 17 | I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 18 | Caspar was slowing down , his eyes on a dip towards their left , where the road seemed to fall away into a natural valley . |
| 19 | Her voice tailed away in a little shrug of the shoulders that was like a shudder . |
| 20 | Across ashen , unredeemable scenes , Shakespeare 's words resound with redoubled force and humanity ; they sound almost ironic , in their fruitless reaching towards the images and emotions which have drained away from a soulless , monochrome universe . |
| 21 | Is she aware that when my hon. Friend the Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) and I visited Moscow last week and questioned Russian officials about food aid , we found stacked away in a third-floor warehouse what we were told was the whole British contribution of beef to Moscow , which had been there for a month ? |
| 22 | Like George Habash 's PFLP , from which it had broken away in a brutal revolutionary schism , it was opposed to Arafat 's gun-and-olive-branch approach towards Israel and therefore outside Arafat 's control . |
| 23 | It was hidden away down a dingy little cul-de-sac ending in a railway embankment and a station hardly anyone used any more . |
| 24 | There is not much comfort for the museum in the knowledge that celebrated works are impossible to fence ; the idiosyncratic choice of stolen works strongly suggests that one buyer 's taste was being followed and that they are destined to be hidden away in a private collection , possibly in South America or Japan . |
| 25 | Hidden away in a secluded Chilterns valley , Jordans meeting-house has the appearance of a small farmhouse with sparse internal furnishings , and represents a clear visual symbol of the self-effacement and exclusivity of nonconformity . |
| 26 | Mike McFarlane ran in the first semi-final , got away to a brilliant start and was never headed , recording 10.22 seconds . |
| 27 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 28 | ‘ Jamie got away with a black eye . |
| 29 | In the end I was burgled , and they got away with a large number of the works that I kept stored . |
| 30 | And they got away with a large quantity of tools and car batteries . |