Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she had had was a split-second glimpse of a profile as the car had swept past , followed by a fast retreating view of the back of the man 's head as he had accelerated away , and what kind of a basis was that for identification ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What a way of speaking , she thought , as he began to walk away . |
| 4 | Her hand shot out to grasp his arm as he made to move away . |
| 5 | As soon as he 'd turned away , Trish slipped in beside her and Caroline angled her head to the other girl 's . |
| 6 | As he started to walk away , she stood up . |
| 7 | For , even as he started to walk away from her , he drawled , ‘ You 'd better dine with me tomorrow . ’ |