Example sentences of "and [verb] away [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's full to the damn brim with diamonds , glittering and gleaming away like they was alive . |
| 2 | Previously it had laid back its ears and moved away when she approached . |
| 3 | They switched on the car 's headlights as a beacon ; but , all of a sudden , as the Prince and his companions were half-way across the water , the lights swung round and moved away as the vehicle set off down the glen . |
| 4 | So whoever it was driving the silent car must have seen them before twisting the wheel , reversing against the dry grass and brambles , and driving away as quietly towards the castle and the village . |
| 5 | So we set to under our section corporal , Jimmy Brough , and slogged away until we had completed ten such excavations , wondering where the tents were that were to fill them . |
| 6 | It might have been a cat knocking an empty tumbler off the bar — except that they did n't keep a cat , and all the glasses had been washed up and put away before they went to bed . |
| 7 | You simply plug them into a convenient socket outlet inside the house ( protected by an RCD ) and put away once you 've finished using them . |
| 8 | Stock should be handled carefully and put away immediately it has been checked in ( using stock rotation methods — see below ) . |
| 9 | Sally-Anne 's own preserve was the kitchen , where she ate either at the kitchen table , or , when that was full , at a small card table which was folded up and put away when she had finished . |
| 10 | Much of the activity was puerile and faded away once the initial pride in seeing the list of names and the hopes of government favour had vanished . |
| 11 | Marion whispered and turned away because she could n't bear to be there when something died , when all the love that she had bottled up inside herself evaporated like liquid left out in the sun . |
| 12 | ‘ Our motives are good , ’ Merrill said demurely , and turned away as he took off his coat . |
| 13 | Mary shivered and turned away as the first clods of earth thudded onto the coffin . |
| 14 | The children covered their eyes and turned away as the needle went in , but the squirrel only jerked slightly then lay still . |
| 15 | Pour the chutney into small sterilised jars , seal , label and give away as presents . |
| 16 | ‘ I always wished I 'd been in love and run away when I was young . ’ |
| 17 | Hawks are unrestrained aggressive fighters ; doves are timid , and run away when threatened . |
| 18 | I fumed and bittered away while my mother finished her coffee and made concerned remarks about how thin and pale I was looking . |
| 19 | She did not get to learn her late-night caller 's name , but felt a touch easier when he bit out , ‘ I 'm his cousin , ’ and sent any remaining doubts and fears away when he added , ‘ In case you 're interested , his mother 's halfway demented worrying about him . |
| 20 | In any case , if Siward knew fresh forces were coming , you 'd expect him either to gather his forces and try to reverse the battle quickly , or to muster them in the forest and get away before the rest of the enemy could arrive . ’ |
| 21 | We 'll burn the galleys and the whole place and get away while the MacIans are running to put the fires out . |
| 22 | She squeezed his shoulder comfortingly and stepped away as Eddie reappeared with a cloth wrapped bundle . |
| 23 | Suddenly , she remembered the stained-glass window shattering Eden and leapt away as though burnt . |
| 24 | She should have turned and walked away as soon as the conversation began to get so very personal . |
| 25 | She tried surreptitiously to refasten them , to conceal the bare expanse of flesh with the ruff that lay open , and looked away when the movement made him glance round at her . |
| 26 | Because it 's very , I mean you know mathematicians have written books about this , erm and yeah kids of five or six are quite happily adding and taking away until they get to negative numbers , until someone says ah I 'm going to add to that money you 've got there , I 'm gon na add minus seven . |
| 27 | Her only option would be to employ guile , and steal away when he was unaware of it . |
| 28 | If our priority is to target help at those with most need and to back away when those needs are met , our contacts with families could become simply box-ticking sessions , and it would be harder to get to know them . ’ |
| 29 | The two girls collected their little felt bags and scurried away as Charlie sat himself down on a stool next to a box of plums . |
| 30 | I said I can understand , he said I had to turn and walk away because my fingers were itching |