Example sentences of "away into a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Presently she felt the sick spinning of the hills sink away into a taut stillness . |
2 | It was the best thing to be quiet and say nothing — to push it all away into a dark place like the cupboard under the stairs so it could be forgotten like an old raincoat or last summer 's shoes . |
3 | If the adventurers have wedged open the door at the bottom of the stairs , the mucus pours away into a magical nothingness over the landing area . |
4 | She was led away into a crisp-looking cell where she was measured and weighed ; a careful , polite pair of hands found a vein in her strong arm and removed a vial of her blood . |
5 | The Doctor perched on the edge of the table , took his hat off and batted the buzzing drone away into a distant corner . |
6 | The tide had ebbed , and vast stretches and humps of sand shimmered away into a yellow infinity . |
7 | The intense blue of her eyes shaded away into a translucent green in a bright light , burning into emerald in her moments of laughter or animation , clouding over into a ferny darkness when she was grave . |
8 | A little farther on the severe cliffs melt away into a large area of sand and sand dunes at Gunwalloe . |
9 | Caspar was slowing down , his eyes on a dip towards their left , where the road seemed to fall away into a natural valley . |
10 | The humming and buzzing sounds of summery woods faded away into a dreadful silence , like the sudden stopping of a heavily ticking clock in a room with shrinking walls . |