Example sentences of "[to-vb] away [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you chat too long with a particular parent , it means others have to slip away without a word . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Mr Algernon ! ’ exclaimed Mildred with relief , and before he had time to hide away under a stone , as he usually did , she shot a hand into the water and scooped him up . |
| 4 | ‘ Belgium have won all their four games so far and we need to come away with a share of the spoils . ’ |
| 5 | It was a disappointing display and we were fortunate to come away with a point . |
| 6 | He admitted last night : ‘ We will do well to come away with a point this time . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's too many for us to frighten away with a show of force . ’ |
| 8 | And of course , there are apples to be bought at the farm gate and cider from the press to carry away as a reminder of the time spent in the Marcle Ridge . |
| 9 | All the way through school , my mum used to go away for a fortnight 's rest during the summer and I would go and stay in one of the various holiday homes for disabled children . |
| 10 | If you have cavity wall insulation as well , the only way you can test for its effects is to go away for a while , to a house without sources of formaldehyde . |
| 11 | She wants to go away for a holiday , too . |
| 12 | For once the preciseness of the words did not irritate Aggie , and she answered gently , ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but … but she 's had to go away for a day or two . ’ |
| 13 | Set three days aside in your diary ( within the next three months ) to go away to a hotel with your team and tackle the issue . |
| 14 | His quiet rage about the papers , and the idiots who paid good money for them , grew more intense as he began to grind away in a job as a research assistant at the Financial Times . |
| 15 | The adamantium floor down there was inscribed with a maze of tiny coloured channels that bootsteps would never be able to wear away in a pattern suggestive of a cosmic map — and along all of those channels were spaced little indentations the depth of a Fist 's thumbprint , each recess named with a rune . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , there is ; it 's easier to walk away from a girlfriend when the time comes . ’ |
| 17 | Howard hugs her , and has to look away for a moment , he is so moved . |
| 18 | If you have a lot of sanding to do away from a power source , the Bosch is a well made , quiet sander that is just the job . |
| 19 | Well the new edition 's just come out and it 's in the shops shortly , it 's priced sixty five pounds , and as usual they 've let Radio Oxford have a copy to give away as a prize . |
| 20 | It is hard to understand why a horse will try to run away from a pain caused by a bit or a rough hand , but the fact is that they do . |
| 21 | After a frantic day of arm twisting by Government whips it became clear that potential rebels were prepared to back away from a rebellion in the hope of wringing more concessions from the Government before the Finance Bill , which gives legislative authority to the Budget , comes back to the Commons toward the end of next month . |
| 22 | She was about to turn away without a word when Topaz said gently : |
| 23 | Yet , although the leaders of both sides of industry worked hard to achieve a common agreement on policies to present to the government the talks , and the influence they exerted , began to wither away after a couple of years , and did not survive into the 1930s . |
| 24 | Their toughness and wounds are high enough to enable them to get away without a shield . |
| 25 | " The subsequent court case was heard at Lewes when the boat 's owner pleaded guilty , but his accomplice pleaded ignorance and managed to get away without a prison sentence , his excuse being that once he realised what was happening he felt obliged to remain on board as it would have been dangerous to leave the owner alone to handle the boat with a load of passengers . |
| 26 | Big Ben was lucky to get away with a mistake at the second fence in his warm-up round , but is likely to be more careful when it matters . |
| 27 | The four man gang managed to get away with a £3,000 haul after breaking into Harper and Harper furniture store in Northgate , Darlington . |
| 28 | United were lucky to get away with a draw . |
| 29 | What we both needed was to get away for a couple of days , to go somewhere peaceful , relaxing and free of any association with the past , where we could work out where we stood . |
| 30 | She had been so pleased when Dr. Briant had suggested she lunch with him in the medical staff dining room , aching as she was to get away for a while at least from the uncomfortable atmosphere of the Maternity Ward . |