Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 2 | Then the three of them swam away into the deeper water under the headland . |
| 3 | As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights . |
| 4 | As time went by and my experience sharpened , I back away from the window , taking in more and more of the store fronts , their signs , and external lights . |
| 5 | I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment . |
| 6 | I shied away from the prospect . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been leading the life of Riley since I got away from the place . |
| 8 | Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice . |
| 9 | I moved away from the bus post , they needed the support more than I did . |
| 10 | I moved away from the beam , right ? |
| 11 | I 'm stumbling backwards , almost falling ; I have to turn to stop myself tripping and the turn becomes a run and I ca n't stop myself , I just have to escape ; I race away through the woods , tears burning on my face , sobbing hysterically , the breath whistling and whooping in and out of me , hot and desperate and livid in my throat ; ferns whip at my legs and branches lash at my face . |
| 12 | A little unsteadily I wandered away to the library , but I found it difficult to concentrate on the uses of the Russian Imperfective . |
| 13 | Once I had said my thanks and farewells to William and to the immense policeman who had silently accompanied us throughout the afternoon , I headed away down the rutted tracks , rather glad to be back on the road and off back to Panama City . |
| 14 | ‘ I paddled away from the sinking helicopter and attempted to pull the zipper up . |
| 15 | I came away with the impression that , long-term , the Koi hobby has nothing to fear as long as people like Ray stay in business . |
| 16 | I came away with the feeling that work such as Hodgson 's , which begins to transform the rough material of personal experience and emotion into a universal , achieves an enduring self-sufficiency which work that is essentially referential can not . |
| 17 | In the end I went along and scraped a pass , largely to avoid the horrendous scenes with my parents that would ensue if I came away from the temple of learning empty-handed . |
| 18 | ‘ I was pretty saddened when I came away from the doctors . |
| 19 | " What 's the matter , James ? " he asked as I came away from the phone . |
| 20 | I came away from the Oxford seminar with a clear idea in my mind about what I should do to stimulate discussion on this subject in Wales . |
| 21 | I should say that I , I came away from the last meeting with an enormous list of things to do , and I have n't managed to do them all , but they 'll emerge as we go through , erm , developments Perth , Perth if inter interrupt me |
| 22 | I came away from the workshop with ideas for introducing total quality into education , plus curiosity about the practicality of BS 5750 procedures in a school . |
| 23 | I ease away from the crowd along the railing , wondering where she will be . |
| 24 | As I walk away from the house I meet Brian Wilson driving in . |
| 25 | And yet , as I drove away after the visit I did n't feel good about it . |
| 26 | Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place . |
| 27 | I run away from the ball |
| 28 | I turned away from the scars near Warrendale Knots and dropped down by Middle High Hill to Settle and lunch at the Naked Man where the nicest ladies you could ever wish to meet serve real Yorkshire food , and plenty of it . |
| 29 | I turned away from the window and sank down upon the bed . |
| 30 | He sank back into his chair as Pyke and I walked away from the table , and tossed the whisky down his throat . |