Example sentences of "he [vb -s] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he turns away from the grave ( symbolically as well as literally ) he meets , beside the yew-tree ( traditional symbol of death ) a Girl whose appearance is strikingly unusual . |
| 2 | There 's a moment when he looks away from the camera and down at the floor and softly says , ‘ Nobody 's young any more … |
| 3 | ‘ He darts away across the wasteland , cloak flapping . |
| 4 | In the hullabaloo , he creeps away from the row of houses , silhouetted against the night sky . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll be back , ’ he tells you as he sweats away on the treadmill or the mountain bike . |
| 6 | He still has a still has a few technical problems with his speeches , his voice is very thin , he falls away at the end of sentences and when he rises to a crescendo his voice is like the distance whine of an aeroplane engine but what he said was exactly what they wanted to hear a return to family life and strong law and order . |
| 7 | He runs away to the city where he is taken in by The Old Lady . |
| 8 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |