Example sentences of "away and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Malcolm Brodie , who must have been 80 yards away and looking at the player 's back , could say the goal was quite rightly disallowed . |
| 2 | But as she seized it in her hand , before her horrified eyes the dried petals fell away and fluttered to the floor , scattering like confetti at her feet . |
| 3 | At once Moore rushed towards it , but the rat ran away and disappeared into the shadows . |
| 4 | He coughed mildly to test its depth and the sound was spirited away and absorbed into the stillness . |
| 5 | Together they floated away and played in the clear , blue sky . |
| 6 | She turned her gaze away and stared towards the river , watching the faint sway of the trees as their branches dipped and brushed against the water , but after a few too brief seconds she found her eyes drawn helplessly back to that window , and gasped . |
| 7 | She looked away and stared at the fire again . |
| 8 | She half turned away and stared at the horizon . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've never implored in your life , ’ Ruth murmured , resting her wet head on his shirt for a second before pulling away and perching on the edge of the lounger . |
| 10 | He tried to catch the attendant 's eye but the man was already turning away and reaching for the nozzle of the pump hose . |
| 11 | Prentice swung away and lurched towards the door . |
| 12 | You may first come across this problem when a new baby arrives and suddenly the things she thought of as hers — like her cot — are taken away and given to the ‘ interloper ’ . |
| 13 | While waiting , she gazed solemnly at the sinister Bridge of Sighs a few yards away and thought of the prisoners who 'd gazed out of its thickly grilled windows , looking for the last time on the beauties of Venice before they were incarcerated — or executed for causing the displeasure of powerful nobles . |
| 14 | In the case of the curious ‘ rodent-run ’ display , it is as if the bird is running away and hiding at the same time . |
| 15 | The last line on each page peels away and dives through the bottom of the paper . |
| 16 | She put her bike away and sauntered into the room . |
| 17 | The scarf came away and fell on the floor , twisted in a multiple S. |
| 18 | Blue smoke rose from the grill , she snatched the toast away and scraped off the burnt part . |
| 19 | He backed away and looked along the front of the house . |
| 20 | He took his hand away and looked at the smear of red blood on his fingers . |
| 21 | He attacks the Doctor , but two Didonians enter , and in terror Bennett backs away and falls over the ledge . |
| 22 | She parked on a verge some distance away and ran to the roundabout . |
| 23 | She glanced at him , then turned her head away and ran into the house . |
| 24 | Matilda laughed and turned away and ran up the path to her front-door , calling out as she went , ‘ Good-bye , Miss Honey ! |
| 25 | ‘ Piss orf , ’ I hissed at them and they calmly turned away and continued down the street , convinced I really was a genuine cabby . |
| 26 | He turned away and walked across the street . |
| 27 | Myeloski turned away and walked to the river-wall , leant against it . |
| 28 | With that , he turned away and walked towards the waiting van . |
| 29 | Only when the last bullet had been fired and when Clint Eastwood had matter-of-factly and deftly dropped the six-shooter back into its holster , flicked the cheroot away and walked into the sunset , did the man in the old jacket and cords , legs dangling over the seat in front , get up and shamble slowly up the darkened aisle . |
| 30 | Vincent turned away and staggered to the wire and hung limp across it , his body trembling . |