Example sentences of "get away to a " in BNC.

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1 Ben got away to a really fast start and there was no heading him .
2 Mike McFarlane ran in the first semi-final , got away to a brilliant start and was never headed , recording 10.22 seconds .
3 Mac got away to a quite blistering start .
4 Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds .
5 In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict .
6 I shall do my very best for him and , if anything you say is true , getting away to a different atmosphere with other boys will be the answer .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
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