Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] away [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our friend from the smoke , vigorously lashing away like a cab driver whipping a lazy horse , caught three . |
| 2 | Eventually Helen spotted a reception desk , discreetly tucked away behind a large weeping fig ; they advanced across wastes of polished marble and were directed to a lift . |
| 3 | And he cited two papers , co-authored by Derek Bryce-Smith , professor of organic chemistry at the University of Reading , as being the result of ‘ individual scientists who have got rather carried away in a flush of enthusiasm . ’ |
| 4 | Got some at home apparently tucked away in a piggy bank or something . |
| 5 | 1971 ) , the original convergence thesis itself has become somewhat modified away from an emphasis on a trend towards uniformity . |
| 6 | She glimpsed again that girlish figure momentarily outlined against the walls of the abbey only to slip away like a wraith and be lost among the shadows of the beach . |
| 7 | Karelius , about to agree , suddenly turned away in a fit of coughing . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're only going away for a weekend , for heaven 's sake ! |
| 9 | Cos we 're only going away for a weekend then are n't we ? |
| 10 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 11 | Although the Australians , who had a magnificent second half , only pulled away to a resounding victory in the last ten minutes , the harsh truth is that the Boks never looked like scoring . |
| 12 | It was offered for sale at £13,500 , but was eventually leased away as a small factory , which it remains . |
| 13 | We soon roared away in a cloud of dust , shoulder to ribcage with the largest man I have ever seen in my life . |
| 14 | After the screaming adrenalin of the snatch outside Oxford , they had been penned up day and night in a single house , drinking beer from cans he had bought at motorway service stations , keeping out of sight all the time , hearing callers at the door ring and ring before finally going away without an answer . |
| 15 | Just go away for a week — two at the most . ’ |
| 16 | They stood talking and Joanna soon drifted away to a group near by . |
| 17 | No , well that 's it int it ? so er if things are reasonable we might just go away for a long weekend or something , go find us a place in Southport for a weekend |
| 18 | If there was one ( albeit very small ) consolation about the sale of Dave Batty , it was that it finally did away with an important inferiority complex of mine — was I the only person in West Yorkshire not to be best mates with the man ? ? |
| 19 | Hence we could just get away with a 50VA transformer . |
| 20 | Surplus glue is easily trimmed away with a sharp knife . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , since I 'm not needed , ’ she pipes up , ‘ I 'll just slip away for a walk on the beach . ’ |
| 22 | Although it was amongst the women 's glossies as promised , it was still tucked away in a corner with only its spine showing . |
| 23 | This is usually tucked away under a fold of skin but it can be quickly erected and used as a weapon . |
| 24 | He comes on a bit slow , sometimes , and the old turbine up top does n't always chug away like a Lamborghini , but he gets there , he gets there . |
| 25 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 26 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 27 | Miners ' leaders attending a special conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Sheffield yesterday backed away from a strike over the imposition of a 7.6 per cent pay rise by British Coal , when they realised there would be little support from members . |
| 28 | The pistol would be discreetly locked away in a cupboard . |
| 29 | The recruitment poster , designed by Riley Advertising , also came away with a certificate in the full colour press ad category . |
| 30 | The greater focus on labour process also leads away from a primarily sectoral basis of analysis . |