Example sentences of "[to-vb] away [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast to the parties given in his honour , from which Eliot would contrive to slip away after a token attendance , these functions , never too large , were the kind he most enjoyed . |
| 2 | Half a crown And you used to come away with a big piece of flat brisket and if he 's got any sausage left , or bits a of pork pies , he used to shove a bit of that in . |
| 3 | Caspar was slowing down , his eyes on a dip towards their left , where the road seemed to fall away into a natural valley . |
| 4 | Indeed , after this fluid has begun to flow away as a copious diarrhoea the patient often feels so little indisposed that he can not persuade himself that anything serious is the matter . |
| 5 | When you 're giving feedback to people , yes , there were going to bad things about what they 've done , yes , there 's going to be good things , but if you can catch the bad things between two good things , even if the good things are just saying thank you , they 're going to go away with a bigger smile on their face , and probably feel more motivated for the next time they do that task . |
| 6 | This planning diary should show , for example , weeks in which certain lecture courses begin or in which certain work assignments are due for presentation ; weeks in which there are social or sporting events ; weeks in which you are free to take a break or to go away for a few days . |
| 7 | I 've only met kennel cough once and that was last year , when a dog belonging to a friend caught it after having been boarded out when she had to go away for a few weeks . |
| 8 | It could be that the couple simply decided to go away for a few days , but those who know Mrs Allsopp say it 's unlikely she would have left without telling anyone . |
| 9 | Old Fishfinger is a regular visitor to the PFK offices , from which he occasionally manages to sneak away with a few reader 's queries . |
| 10 | But while many potential owners enjoy visiting the Shelters , it is not that easy to walk away with a new pet . |
| 11 | The watching Masai begin to walk away after a long , contemplative moment . |
| 12 | And a fair bit left over to put away for a rainy day , I daresay . ’ |
| 13 | I think what you say is quite true Chairman , but I still I think the bottom line to it is , at the end of the day , to do away with a strategic authority , such as the County Council , in my opinion , if you look at what 's happened in the metropolitan areas , er in the country , Tyneside , Manchester , the West Midlands , areas like that , West Yorkshire , South Yorkshire , and er London itself , the er the doing away with a strategic authority . |
| 14 | Mostly , it has negative effects , enabling the richer nations to race away with an increasing share of the world 's economic wealth , often ‘ earned ’ by exploiting the resources of the poor nations ( see p. 226 ) . |
| 15 | As the crack gets longer however these conditions are reversed and beyond the ‘ critical Griffith length ’ lg , the crack is producing more energy than it is consuming , so it may start to run away in an explosive manner . |
| 16 | We have decided to keep away from a theoretical treatment in this chapter and simply to give you well-tried practical techniques that have been found to work . |
| 17 | ANGER among Conservative backbenchers was voiced by the former prime minister Edward Heath last night as Tory MPs appeared to back away from a full-scale rebellion over the imposition of VAT on domestic fuel and power in the Budget . |
| 18 | Observers say that Reagan 's plea to scientists to develop non-nuclear defences is part of a plan to back away from an offensive strategy based on the homeless MX missile . |
| 19 | ‘ If I were a man , ’ she snapped furiously , ‘ you 'd find yourself lucky to get away with a bloody nose . |
| 20 | As it was , I was lucky to get away with a few bruises if the person who slugged me was the one who knocked off Mahoney . |
| 21 | The referee was weak and allowed the Russians to get away with a few naughty episodes but to be honest Liverpool were n't that far behind . |
| 22 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 23 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 24 | The august meeting of the Herts and District Metal Detection Society , while not up to its usual high attendance , owing to many people managing to get away for a few weeks holiday , still managed to attract forty-five members . |
| 25 | My own plans are somewhat uncertain because of the move , but I do plan to get away for a short break some time towards the end of the month , and I will keep you informed . |
| 26 | The Welsh star was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 27 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 28 | The Welshman was edged out by just two-hundredths of a second by his best friend , Mark McKoy — but could have been forgiven for feeling he had been robbed of gold after the Canadian had seemed to get away to a false start . |
| 29 | The wheat is less reliable , both in yield and quality , being much slower to get away in a cold spring and less certain to ripen and harden into high-quality baking grain . |
| 30 | It was necessary to get away from a beer-hall style of singing these works . |