Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] and [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one point something heavy fell off or out of the dashboard on to Bob 's foot and rolled away beneath the seat with a metallic ring . |
| 2 | Hewlett-Packard Co is likely to steal DEC 's thunder and whisk away its number two position as the second largest computer vendor in the US by 1994 , Hembricht & Quist analyst Robert Herwick says . |
| 3 | Calmly I paid for the pod 's berth and walked away , neither too fast nor too slow . |
| 4 | You will , in theory , be able to walk into a dealer 's showroom and drive away a road-ready car without even having to take a spanner to it . |
| 5 | He simply put the letters on Arty 's locker and turned away . |
| 6 | To her annoyance Holly pushed the carbon copy on to Rain 's desk and went away with the other . |
| 7 | But someone clutched desperately at his hand , dragging it down , tugging it with astonishing strength and speed away to the side , while Lachlan twisted himself free of Hector 's grip and ducked away . |
| 8 | As children , we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone 's door and running away — all rather harmless , but if our parents found out , we would be in for a good hiding , a cut on the backside . |
| 9 | She touched Maxim 's hand and went away . |
| 10 | ‘ What I do intend is for you to drive down town with me right now , come into the notary 's office and sign away any rights you imagine you might have . |
| 11 | Nobody kicks sand into George Bush 's face and gets away with it . |
| 12 | Athelstan saw the pain in his friend 's face and looked away . |
| 13 | THE soccer world yesterday respected the wishes of Bobby Moore 's family and stayed away as the funeral of England 's 1966 World Cup-winning captain took place in private . |