Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] away with [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well a , I I did n't say anyone should get away with fraud . |
| 2 | If it was , for instance , Peregrine , which south of Pes Preston , certainly in my area , will grow quite well on a wall outside , then I think you 'll get away with netting but I think without knowing whether it 's an indoor peach or an outdoor peach , you 're on a bit of a loser . |
| 3 | She said he was from Moila , and ever since he was a boy he 'd been a sort of con artist , and could get away with anything- ’ |
| 4 | One lesson he can be really soft and anyone could get away with murder ( well , almost ) and the next lesson he goes all strict on you and starts giving out lines and detentions like they were past their sell-by date . |
| 5 | It would blow away with victory , it would calm itself off circuit , but at the track — always impeccably attired , natty , cleaned and scrubbed — he fairly sizzled . |
| 6 | Her body was alive , throbbing with pulses she never knew she had , and as she jerked her face away from his she knew he had once again defeated her , outclassed her , and she knew without a doubt that he was right : if there was ever a real fight between her and Damian Flint , he would take supremacy , she would be overpowered by the fierce excitement burning in her now , and he would walk away with victory on a scale she did not dare imagine . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm planning to show them how a nome can run away with speed . ’ |
| 8 | Earlier in this chapter I explained that with some foods you CAN get away with guesswork about quantity , and weighing is unnecessary . |
| 9 | On the one hand , if you can get away with bluff , you make a lot of money . |
| 10 | ‘ The real problem to be tackled is inadequate powers for the police and the public being messed about by the court system , as well as an escalation of the number of people who think they can get away with crime , ’ said Mr Marwick . |
| 11 | There was a preponderance of ‘ what you can get away with marketing ’ as evidence by a mediocre quality standard , relatively few strong brands and a relaxed rate of innovation . ’ |
| 12 | It seems if you 're a clown you can get away with murder when it comes to cars — forget about roadworthiness , do n't bother with tax discs , ignore MOTs . |
| 13 | KILLERS can get away with murder if they convince courts they were sleepwalking , a judge in Canada ruled yesterday . |
| 14 | You can get away with murder with words . |
| 15 | If you have n't got the public on your side and there is a lot of emotional support for , if you have n't got the public on your side then the politicians can get away with murder . |
| 16 | Before , you might be able to say , if you have n't got the right results , you can get away with padding out your lab report and writing a lot of background , so that would bung your mark up a bit , but this year , you can do that and you still end up with a bad mark if you 've got bad results . |