Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her hand shot out to grasp his arm as he made to move away . |
| 2 | After discussions between Bond , the Shrewsbury board and Burnley police , he agreed to stay away rather than run the risk of provoking incidents on the terraces . |
| 3 | Derek Green says it was much harder than last year … the streams were like rivers and he got swept away once |
| 4 | Er we 're limited with people and while Brian was in the verge of moving it which the electrics all had to be took out and rerun , he got called away , down to the pre-packs to a breakdown so obviously it did n't get done , the job stopped cos there 's nobody else . |
| 5 | Well he got called away . |
| 6 | Supposing he got called away from his post would there be somebody ready to take his place ? |
| 7 | But the third time he tried to drive away from them in his Ford Escort down a public footpath he was followed and caught . |
| 8 | He tried to move away , but Louisa clung to his arm , saying , ‘ No , wait , Marcus . |
| 9 | There was a distant whistle from behind Chernayev 's teeth as if he tried to blow away the wind that settled on him . |
| 10 | On September 22nd , 1870 , Flaubert bought himself a revolver ; at Croisset , he drilled his ragged collection of men in expectation of a Prussian advance ; he took them out on night patrols ; he told them to shoot him if he tried to run away . |
| 11 | He tried to twist away , but instead his horse plunged back onto its forefeet and threw the Lieutenant 's weight fast forward . |
| 12 | It snatched at Cardiff and he tried to twist away from it , pain like fire stabbing into his chest where the thing had him gripped with the other claw . |
| 13 | Already the Tans were running towards him , guns being waved menacingly in case he tried to get away . |
| 14 | He tried to get away in his wheelchair , but they caught him in the hallway . |
| 15 | He describes a skylark 's nest which he found tucked away in a hoof print : ‘ Behind a clod/ how snug the nest/ is in a horse 's footing fixed/ of twitch and stubbles roughly dressed/ with roots and horsehair intermixed . ’ |
| 16 | He stopped to wipe away the excrement , which blinded his eyes and coated his lips . |
| 17 | ‘ I am not yet a total incompetent , ’ he muttered walking away . |
| 18 | They 'd taken the motorised dinghy across to explore the fairy-tale clarity of the water in the natural sea caves of the Blue Grotto , then on Roman 's orders had spurned the small cove he 'd mentioned as too crowded , and returned to take the yacht further out to sea , choosing a peaceful place to drop anchor and eat the picnic he 'd stowed away as a surprise … |
| 19 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 20 | Seven years ago he 'd gone away , leaving her nothing but the cup to remember him by ; it was so long ago that Crazy Jake , with his wide strange eyes and his queer stories , seemed more like a creature from a dream than a flesh-and-blood father . |
| 21 | No men in her life , really , not even her natural father , because he 'd gone away , emigrated , so she knew very little about men . |
| 22 | He 'd moved away , back the way they had come yesterday . |
| 23 | I th I think though , you know , after a year or two if he 'd moved away an if he moved out the area he would then break with his mother . |
| 24 | As soon as he 'd turned away , Trish slipped in beside her and Caroline angled her head to the other girl 's . |
| 25 | He 'd cleared away a lot of last autumn 's leaves . |
| 26 | Blagg told me he 'd thrown away the revolver that woman gave him . |
| 27 | He 'd thrown away his last hope , flipped his cards brazenly on the table . |
| 28 | When he walked through the factory gates that afternoon he 'd walked away from everything . |
| 29 | So he 'd walked away . |
| 30 | He began to talk again about Stephen handing him the wedding-dress , how he 'd walked away with it and had then sat down on a seat on the promenade , not wanting to go on with his act any more . |