Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tore along the beach like a maniac , looking for some kind of boat I could borrow to get away . |
| 2 | She was tempted to ignore any suggestion that he made , but the orange flames that flickered in the grate looked invitingly warm , and it was more than she could do to stay away . |
| 3 | ‘ If Sabine Jourdain could have broken away from him any time she chose , it must be equally true that Durance could have torn himself from those admirers . ’ |
| 4 | I could have run away , but I had no money and , even if I had been able to borrow it , I should still have been too frightened because I had nowhere to run to . |
| 5 | But the dominant problem for Margaret Thatcher 's heirs was a profound political one , which no amount of spin-doctoring could have magicked away . |
| 6 | He had not expected it of her and wished he could have gone away quickly without even asking if there was anything he could do for her . |
| 7 | ‘ These two men could have gone away until the heat dies down a bit . |
| 8 | Yeah I mean lo yo I mean look at now , you could have gone away now . |
| 9 | I found it hard to believe that , even if he had been out of the country , his family could have moved away without his knowing . |
| 10 | I could have got away with murder that Saturday night , although under the present circumstances I had better add that I made no attempt to do so . |
| 11 | It would be a fitting tickle — if he could have got away with it . |
| 12 | She could have got away with it and he had more than once suggested she should , begged her almost . |
| 13 | Maybe he could have got away with it in his native Greek but not in English . |
| 14 | But I would have thought you could have got away with banking once a week . |
| 15 | Communism had been his religion , the romantic , revolutionary communism of 1917 and Petrograd and the streets full of soldiers and sailors and workers and red flags and armoured cars that looked as if they were made of galvanised steel buckets , and the cruiser Aurora out on the river with its searchlight blazing — now there was a fairground panel he could have painted if only he could have got away with it — but it was n't the same any more . |
| 16 | And in that time a whole regiment of cavalry could have got away . |
| 17 | … and it does mean that I think there is a pressure perhaps grows out of that to make you articulate clearly why you are putting the course together in the way you are … which previously you could have got away with . |
| 18 | ‘ That one could have got away … ’ |
| 19 | Is the right hon. and learned Gentleman aware that many people in this country find it almost inconceivable to understand how such a crook as Maxwell could have got away with what he did for so long without the Crown prosecution service being in any way involved ? |
| 20 | He could have got away with fourteen months with remission . ’ |
| 21 | George Michael could have got away with it , but then he can get away without shaving . |
| 22 | We you know , I could have got away with giving you seventeen and half percent ! |
| 23 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |
| 24 | I admit that I could have walked away … ’ |
| 25 | Divisional Fire Officer Brian Bell , who led a 25-strong team at the scene said : ‘ If just one tanker of acid had spilled , it could have wiped away half of North Tees . ’ |
| 26 | But furious Tories say the authority could have thrown away a golden opportunity . |
| 27 | And the thing is with my kids , if I was in the car on my own I could imagine chatting away |