Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] away [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good humour being somewhat restored , I turned away to make the hot drink we had promised ourselves so long ago CRASH ! |
| 2 | She left him in front of a café and as she drove away to follow the complex instructions back to the raccordo she saw him in her mirror , standing with his hand still raised in the sort of military salute with which he 'd taken his leave of her . |
| 3 | She turned away to strip the rumpled bed , then straightened the room and packed her few belongings in her bag , feeling more reluctant by the minute to face Penry in the cold light of day . |
| 4 | With a slight shrug , she turned away to inspect the starry night again . |
| 5 | With a derisive snort , she turned away to make the tea . |
| 6 | She turned away to make the call . |
| 7 | He turns away to face the sea . |
| 8 | He turned away to open the case . |
| 9 | It was a pity that he turned away to join the others in the bar when he did , otherwise he might have seen that Kate appeared to change her mind about something and was returning towards the small reception desk . |
| 10 | ‘ There , ’ he said , the heavy , glossy pages staying in place as he turned away to bring the rabbit . |
| 11 | He turned away to face the window , a tall man with grizzled , close-cropped hair . |
| 12 | She 's done a bunk , Mr Trilby said to himself and he went away to inform the School Governors that the Headmistress had apparently vanished . |
| 13 | He had already had his own and he went away to play the harpsichord for twenty minutes . |
| 14 | His fancy had a strange tendency to wander to the river , which he knew was flowing through the great city ; and now he thought how black it was , and how deep it would look , reflecting the hosts of stars — and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea ( 6 ) . |
| 15 | The pattern of duality is broken , significantly , in two places : at the very beginning , in the poignantly simple opening sentence ; and at the very end , where there is the unexpected addition of a third , and longer member to the parallelism of how clauses : and more than all , how steadily it rolled away to meet the sea " . |