Example sentences of "walk [adv] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | He swung himself nimbly over the fence and was disconcerted to come face to face with Henry Yaxlee , walking purposefully from the direction of the school . |
| 2 | She was only dimly aware of the approach of the two boys who were walking swiftly from the street corner . |
| 3 | I looked carefully about me , hiding behind one of those contorted shapes , and glimpsed Dana in the distance , walking away from the group of friends and joining a young woman , tall , pale , dark , distinguished-looking — could it be that dancer of his ? |
| 4 | Peter Ward agrees : ‘ People are not walking away from the car . |
| 5 | He shook his head , and started walking away from the boat , Maggie falling into step beside him . |
| 6 | Walking away from a potentially ugly situation is not failure . |
| 7 | Walking away from Dudley — with the feeling that once again she was deserting her grandfather — she thought back to the moment on last New Year 's Day when she had looked down Nordale from her bedroom window , all eagerness for what 1848 would bring . |
| 8 | Victim Martin Baxendale , 19 , a sales manager , was walking away from the scene of the first explosion when the second device went off . |
| 9 | She had been walking away from him towards the path that led to the gate and she turned her head and said , ‘ Did n't want to disturb you ; you looked so peaceful , asleep . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Jesus , money , money , money ’ Leon Kennedy said , walking away from the dairy . |
| 11 | I did n't think it had ignited and I was walking away from it when all of a sudden I heard all this crackling and banging . |
| 12 | He was glad of the moon , for he had been walking away from the road and the quarry for a long time and had reached the rising , stony ground at the foot of the foin . |
| 13 | He only started to relax when he was out on the stone-chip drive and walking away from the house . |
| 14 | God knows I tried when I realised what was happening to us , although it was like a starving man walking away from food for me . |
| 15 | Mr. Davies : When the Secretary of State next meets the chairman , will he tell him of the deep anger and resentment in west Wales that British Coal is walking away from the anthracite coalfield , with its enormous reserves of high quality and saleable coal ? |
| 16 | In spite of herself she watched his departing back , hating him for that supple arrogance in his walk , the way that simply by walking away from her he could fill her with an inexplicable , infuriating urge to run after him … |
| 17 | The plain truth is that in such a situation , when the defendant was actually walking away from the scene , no further breaches of the peace were likely to be occasioned by him . |
| 18 | The police are entitled to tell the person walking away from the scene to discontinue using his filthy language , which would in all likelihood constitute an offence under section 5 of the new Act . |
| 19 | I was walking away from the post office when I heard someone running after me . |
| 20 | There are two of us walking away from the graveyard . |
| 21 | Ianthe spoke perfunctorily , for she was walking away from the library with John who had not left her as he usually did to go to his bus stop . |
| 22 | ‘ It seems my nephew is so besotted with your sister that he 's treated his parents with arrant discourtesy , walking away from the opportunity of meeting his father 's cousin who is flying in from the States — a man who could be influential in his future career . |
| 23 | ‘ But … ’ she started to protest , but he was already walking away from her , weaving his way through the seated audience , shouldering past the standing groups . |
| 24 | Turning away , she bent to pick up her skis and sticks , then began walking away from him , only releasing a pent-up breath when it became clear he was n't going to follow her . |
| 25 | The odds and the prize money here were considerably higher than at Bampton and as Seb was walking away from the race officials with his winnings , a voice in his ear said , ‘ Put that money somewhere safe , Seb . |
| 26 | The Minister is walking away from the problem , and he must stop doing so . |
| 27 | That is certainly the case , but the Government are walking away from that fact by encouraging imports of coal to destroy the fabric of our communities . |
| 28 | I 'm finally walking away from the house . |
| 29 | Maybe the Fax machine was in one of the outbuildings , but they were the other side of the yard near the barn and Cawthorne had been walking away from them . |
| 30 | ‘ It terrifies me and yet I know I ca n't keep walking away from it . |