Example sentences of "[vb past] away with a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She broke off as if afraid of being overheard and moved away with a nod and a wave . |
| 2 | As he did so , she moved away with a look of distaste on her face . |
| 3 | BLUEBIRD : The thief got away with a nest-egg |
| 4 | Raiders got away with a quantity of drugs , including adrenaline hydrochloride , hydrocortisone and cocaine between 1pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday . |
| 5 | Those who got away with a Heimatschuss ( a ’ blighty wound ‘ ) say they were lucky . ’ |
| 6 | SOCCER player Paul Pullen got away with a foul … his identical twin was sent off instead . |
| 7 | Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round . |
| 8 | It seems , Freddie as he 's been named , stowed away with a consignment of bananas from the Windward Islands . |
| 9 | The boy gave an amused flick of his head , swung round unhurriedly — yet not too slowly , either — and sauntered away with a laugh , his admirers tittering after him . |
| 10 | The recruitment poster , designed by Riley Advertising , also came away with a certificate in the full colour press ad category . |
| 11 | Gingerly she felt her mouth with her fingertips ; they came away with a splattering of blood where she had bitten her own lip . |
| 12 | There were things sticking out all over the place on the Albini recordings but we came away with a sound we liked , ’ says the bass player . |
| 13 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 14 | They looked a class act and for once came away with a result to match . |
| 15 | Glorious because they came away with a victory over Rosslyn Park … but no thanks to the quagmire at the Kingsholm ground . |
| 16 | That would explain why his victims all stayed in bed as he blasted away with a handgun in the luxury , ranch-style home near San Diego , California . |
| 17 | ‘ He is an old woman , ’ she replied , and half turned away with a swish of her sea-green silk dress . |
| 18 | She met his eyes steadily , and after a moment he turned away with a sigh . |
| 19 | He turned away with a groan and thumped the mantle of the fireplace with his hand . |
| 20 | A driving curtain of rain blotted out everything other than the sodden turf nearest the house , the view so depressing that she turned away with a shiver , drawn like a magnet to the books on the shelves . |
| 21 | Eva polished away with a will , thinking of Samuel in the temple who did even the most menial work for God . |
| 22 | He stepped away with a smile . |
| 23 | A THIEF walked away with a haul worth hundreds of pounds when he staged a ram raid on a shop with a wheelbarrow . |
| 24 | She walked away with a poise unmatched by any woman of his acquaintance , and he stared after her with angry fascination . |
| 25 | The agent then walked away with a constable , ostensibly in arrest , but whether they spent the day over the brow of the hill twiddling their thumbs I can not say . |
| 26 | There she asked to have Paul 's ring put in the hotel 's safe and , that done , walked away with a sense of relief . |
| 27 | Fran let her eyes linger on the scarred red paintwork and shattered windows of her little Fiesta , then looked away with a sigh . |
| 28 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 29 | So Minter went away with a flea in his ear . |
| 30 | You went away with a photograph to show us . |