Example sentences of "[vb past] away in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weeks of floating had made her fat and idle , but she flipped into the waves and swam away in a flurry of wings and flippers , raising a snowstorm of foam . |
| 2 | ‘ Once they realised they could n't get any money they ran out of the shop and I think they got away in a car . ’ |
| 3 | We soon roared away in a cloud of dust , shoulder to ribcage with the largest man I have ever seen in my life . |
| 4 | Who took a spin at 100 mph and walked away in a daze ? |
| 5 | The speech-writing team , locked away in a suite at the Imperial Hotel , are said to have made faster progress this year than at previous conferences , despite the need to do some hefty redrafting to echo the Chancellor 's assurances on the economy . |
| 6 | packed away in a box , but I suppose Pauline thought about it |
| 7 | With a nod to Mala , she whirled away in a sweep of dark cape , the men following — until Mala stopped them . |
| 8 | Ironically , when it was finished , and it certainly was not ‘ ruined ’ , Lipchitz preferred the drawings to the painting , which he put away in a cupboard . |
| 9 | They were amazed and delighted to find on that isolated junction the tiniest pub they had ever encountered , tucked away in a bend in the empty road . |
| 10 | Only a young development engineer , tucked away in a corner of a small private factory , is developing a wholly peaceful gadget . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll keep this tucked away in a corner when it 's not needed , ’ he said . |
| 12 | In fact the sports hall turned out to be a rather barren concrete building tucked away in a corner which nobody seemed very keen to visit ! |
| 13 | It is not , to be sure , hugely impressive to look at : a modest , single-storey , office- cum-workshop tucked away in a side street . |
| 14 | However , just as the former advertising salesman had proved in a back-alley off St James ' , that location , location and location was not always sacrosanct if you had an exciting and original concept like The Chicago Pizza Pie Factory , so he went on to confirm the theory at The Rib Shack , tucked away in a side street opposite Harrods . |
| 15 | ‘ I could be forgiven for thinking so lately , ’ Leonora muttered unwisely , then backed away in a hurry from the blaze in his eyes . |