Example sentences of "[v-ing] away [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 2 | Chugging away on a floppy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Ways of retreat from this point are various and there is even a metal ring — I hesitate to say bolt — to facilitate an abseil. the able can reverse the climbs on the pinnacle 's short side and the crazy always have the option of hobbling away with a sprained ankle after ‘ successfully ’ negotiating Cook 's Leap , the jump across the gully to the main edge ! |
| 5 | She enjoyed the discipline of eating them without butter — the idea of keeping pats of butter overnight in a bedroom was abhorrent to her , incompatible with her picture of herself , swansdown on her bedjacket , broderie anglaise at her wrists , nibbling away in a leisured manner , her widow 's weeds for the moment forgotten . |
| 6 | Go through an unobtrusive door at the back of the Trent Bridge pavilion then turn left into a book-lined room , and on any match day you 'll find the central table occupied by the owner of a moustache of impressively Victorian dimensions , like as not tapping away on a venerable-looking typewriter . |
| 7 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 8 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 9 | I knew she was unhappy about his going away for a whole weekend when she was too sick to accompany him . |
| 10 | I would n't mind going away for a few days , but |
| 11 | ‘ I am going away with a nice feeling . |
| 12 | Going away with a small child is easy — thanks to a variety of items from lightweight buggies to portable potties ! |
| 13 | yes , I should n't mind going away in a few weeks , if , if |
| 14 | Stowing away on a space-faring mining vessel is all very well , but getting caught scrounging Liquorice Allsorts from a deactivated android … ‘ just say no ’ kids , it 'll save more than your teeth ! |
| 15 | Turning away under a strong attack is a sure recipe for defeat |
| 16 | This it does by turning away in a deliberate manner and refusing to look again at the glowering face . |
| 17 | In Nunn 's way of orchestrating the scene , however , the forced merriment comes across like the willed time-killing in Three Sisters , less the whiling away of a few specific minutes than the attempt to shake off a pervasive ennui . |
| 18 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 19 | " Oh , I think he was accustomed to getting away with a great deal . |
| 20 | The second , also this weekend , resulted in thieves getting away with a further five thousand pound 's worth of silver jewellery . |
| 21 | I shall do my very best for him and , if anything you say is true , getting away to a different atmosphere with other boys will be the answer . |
| 22 | After all , he was the chief scientist on board the boat , it was his $250,000 paying for this month-long expedition ( this research vessel cost $7000 a day to run ) , and he was getting a little nervous out there , all by himself , getting colder by the second and drifting away on a little piece of ice . |
| 23 | Every month almost two thirds of the British population participate in some kind of sales promotion , either by trading in a money-off coupon , entering a competition or sending away for a free gift . |
| 24 | not unhappy at staying away from a western business man , even though he might be a temporary guest of the State ; after all , they were permanent guests and who knew but … . |
| 25 | You can find me through the Friends , ’ and he pressed his horse 's flanks , moving away at a steady pace . |
| 26 | The grain of truth in the myth of the British administrator dispensing justice impervious to the affection of the natives is to be found in this period of the history of British India , of which James Fitzjames Stephen is perhaps the representative figure , when a maturing bureaucracy was moving away from a personal to an institutional sense of fairness . |
| 27 | At a time when many socialists were moving away from a naive faith in the prospects for revolutionary change and towards uneasy respect for democracy , Labour in office was doing little to justify belief in the viability of their vision of the road to socialism . |
| 28 | The Suffolk traffic cops were well-known to be a lot keener than their Essex brethren and a van like this one coming away from a military establishment was a natural target at that time in the morning . |
| 29 | There was a man , totally unconnected with the event I think , running away from a flaming van in Horseguards Parade erm and it was a wonderful picture opportunity for the world 's press to carry , but I do think that memories are short from this . |
| 30 | As two likeable gangsters running away from a vicious killer and the crack-selling Triads , Coltrane and Idle hide in a convent , where , inevitably , they find themselves in 101 dodgy situations . |