Example sentences of "away [prep] a little [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some fudge the issue by saying that the grandparent has gone away for a little while . |
| 2 | Yeah I was gon na say , she went away as a little kid |
| 3 | The panel came away after a little while ; he put it on the floor in front of him , and wriggled through on his elbows and knees into the darkness beyond . |
| 4 | She took Kelly by the arm ; terrified , Kelly allowed herself to be led away like a little girl . |
| 5 | They usually run them at below peak efficiency , they run The Russian reactors they tend to run 'em at maximum efficiency which is you 're very very close to the critical level where it could run away with a little mistake and whoops , you got Chernobyl . |
| 6 | A little walled garden , with a few pollarded lime trees in it , and one or two urns and busts , and a solitary policeman tucked away in a little sentry-box inside the gateway . |
| 7 | Her voice tailed away in a little shrug of the shoulders that was like a shudder . |
| 8 | She wanted to eat her cake and have it , put Georg away in a little box for the future , when she 'd finished having a good time . |
| 9 | She had been away on a little holiday in Spain and knew nothing . |
| 10 | After all , he was the chief scientist on board the boat , it was his $250,000 paying for this month-long expedition ( this research vessel cost $7000 a day to run ) , and he was getting a little nervous out there , all by himself , getting colder by the second and drifting away on a little piece of ice . |