Example sentences of "away [prep] [art] wall " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Ram ’ features more work using semen , aggressively sexual words and a jackhammer humping away against a wall .
2 It was discarded when shelving had to be cleared away from a wall on which a mural had been discovered after being painted over in the Stalinist era when the artist who created it had fallen out of favour .
3 Because of the weight of the tiles , you have to be particularly careful if you 're thinking of covering whole walls — there have been instances of large sections of tiles coming away from a wall because they have n't been properly fixed .
4 He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall .
5 As we went up the almost perpendicular staircase , Wendy pulled the banister away from the wall .
6 Lawler moved away from the wall and immediately stubbed his toe against a heavy cast-iron ornament that had been placed out of the way while the small oval table it normally stood on in the lobby was being repaired .
7 Marcus turned to Franca and said in his deep slow honey voice , with his slightly foreign accent , ‘ Please could you move the bed away from the wall .
8 It should be alongside the wall , or about one foot away from the wall to allow space for the carer , in case she needs to help the patient from that side .
9 In the snicket only some three feet away from the wall of the shop was a public urinal , the dirtiest and smelliest I have every known .
10 The stand must be free , that is , away from the wall and an intravenous stand would be ideal , particularly in the ward .
11 We soon learnt to notice if a bed was pulled away from the wall .
12 Move sofas away from the wall and look carefully .
13 Quinn eased the armchair away from the wall , grunted a few times for the benefit of the wall microphone , switched off the tape-recorder , rolled on to the bed and genuinely went to sleep .
14 A built-up surround will have to be dismantled piece by piece , but with the other types , you can chop away the plaster just next to the surround until you find the brackets , after which the screws can be undone ( or the brackets sawn through ) and the fireplace surround levered away from the wall with a crowbar .
15 Push away from the wall as you jump
16 If you can get it off in one piece , so much the better ; if you can not , pull the centre far enough away from the wall to allow you to cut through the board with a padsaw or jig saw , and free each half separately .
17 To everyone 's surprise , the bodies of the tech and the scum warrior stayed in full view , soaring and bobbing on convection currents of superheated gases as if trying to swim away from the wall ; though the bodies were obviously changing in texture as they cooked .
18 Hollow areas , where rendering has blistered away from the wall , are also prone to damp
19 This involves first cutting the panel down to slightly more than the largest measurement , and then supporting it in place , so that it is spaced slightly away from the wall or ceiling , but is exactly vertical or horizontal .
20 An easy solution to this problem is to use a wallpaper steam stripper and hand scraper : the adhesive just peels away from the wall , without damaging the plaster behind .
21 It came away from the wall and he had to grab on to a crate to stop himself overbalancing .
22 Prise the hardened flakes away from the wall of the nostril
23 He seemed to rouse himself , and as he stepped away from the wall his mask was back in place .
24 They were … sort of … writhing around … struggling … trying to push themselves away from the wall .
25 His arms had sunk in and he was twisting around , thrashing his head to keep it away from the wall — but it still sucked him in . ’
26 There was something else now ; something that had n't been immediately apparent to Cardiff , but had been seen by the others straightaway and which was causing them to back away from the wall .
27 Rohmer staggered away from the wall , eyes blazing with fury , hand massaging his wrist .
28 Duvall seized her by the hair , dragging her away from the wall .
29 Lorton helped him push the piano away from the wall .
30 Jeopardy pushed himself away from the wall , his arms still folded .
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