Example sentences of "and [verb] away from [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From early on March 28 the whole of Moscow city centre appeared to be under siege , with lorries and armoured cars blocking all approaches to the Kremlin , water-cannon trucks , mounted police and troops in gas masks stationed in backstreets , and troops on street corners keeping shoppers and sightseers away from the Kremlin .
2 And he gets up and sees the situation and remember , he said , Jesus was n't out for joy ride , he was n't just passing an evening relaxing and unwinding and resting away from the crowd , he had gone into the boat for a purpose , he was going to the other side , and no storm was gon na stop him getting there !
3 Let us tuck ourselves up in the light and warmth , and hide away from the night . "
4 A warrior named No Heart delayed the soldiers ' pursuit , parleying across the river with Howard before promptly slapping his buttocks in derision and galloping away from the man the Nez Perce were now calling ‘ General Day After Tomorrow ’ .
5 That was in Norway , and got away from the Nazis
6 The hearing was told Bill Vincent dived in and swam away from the yacht .
7 The hearing was told Bill Vincent dived in and swam away from the yacht .
8 The woman smiled , and moved away from the window .
9 I shivered and moved away from the window .
10 To distract him she put an arm around his shoulders and moved away from the rail .
11 Jenny nodded and moved away from the pantry ; she looked preoccupied and the tiniest bit uncomfortable .
12 Nicholson and his officers turned and moved away from the landing rail , out of sight of the other prisoners .
13 He only started to relax when he was out on the stone-chip drive and walking away from the house .
14 In most neurons impulses are received by numerous short fibres called dendrites and carried away from the cell by a single long fibre called an axon .
15 Ralph listened and drew away from the escalator .
16 This is a small garden , on an awkward plot measuring just 45ft by 27ft ( 14m by 8m ) , facing north east and sloping away from the house .
17 We squeal-turned around the crowd , and zigzagged away from the Temple of Turhan Bey .
18 He had never liked Queen Yolande with her haughty airs and fastidious manner , locking herself up at Kinghorn Manor and keeping away from the King .
19 Bake for 1¼ hrs until firm and shrinking away from the sides of the tin .
20 He swung round and drove away from the gate .
21 She kick-started the machine , and drove away from the fires .
22 Rohmer was already moving to join them as Cardiff replaced the telephone receiver and pushed away from the reception desk .
23 Buttons landed perfectly and came away from the jump so well that by the time her father had collected himself and his horse Artemis and Buttons were alongside them .
24 ‘ Our mission at Dillons is to widen the market for books and break away from the elitism that has dominated the book trade and held back sales . ’
25 Move it further towards you so that the threads stick to the wire and break away from the support .
26 Rather the contrary : in Britain a wastesite operator who finds it too expensive to meet the rules can simply hand in his licence and walk away from the site .
27 We have only to look at the animal kingdom ; a creature in the wild will never overeat and , even if it has had to put effort into the hunting and killing of its prey , it will stop eating when it has had enough and walk away from the food .
28 As they left the Springall mansion and waited in Cheapside for an ostler to bring their horses round from the stables , Athelstan sensed Cranston was furious with him but the coroner waited until they had mounted and moved away from the house before stopping and giving full vent to his fury .
29 Shadows leapt and danced away from the light as he fought to steady himself .
30 ‘ Then the police came along and told us we should stay inside and keep away from the windows .
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