Example sentences of "and [verb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolley , arms folded , watched him get up and limp away , trembling with rage . |
| 2 | From early on March 28 the whole of Moscow city centre appeared to be under siege , with lorries and armoured cars blocking all approaches to the Kremlin , water-cannon trucks , mounted police and troops in gas masks stationed in backstreets , and troops on street corners keeping shoppers and sightseers away from the Kremlin . |
| 3 | They had homes and jobs in their own country but these have been burned and stripped away from them through no fault of their own . |
| 4 | The agents of the Phoenix King could appear at any time and drag away the most reputable people . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's a young fool down there in pink , shrieking like a banshee and windmilling away . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , some people say he died in the town , always trying to make a broom that would last ; others say he just gave up and wasted away , others that he got somebody else to make the brooms and found somebody to provide better twigs , and got people to sell the brooms in other towns and cities , and hired more people to make more brooms , and built a broom-making factory , and made lots of money and had a splendid house made … |
| 7 | One man was searched inside the lounge by police and led away . |
| 8 | Soul was arrested on a charge of assault and spousal abuse and led away in handcuffs . |
| 9 | First a cow is pushed out of the way by the trained elephants so that her calf can be safely roped and led away . |
| 10 | With a squeal , a scantily clad girl whose eyes were twice the normal human size scampered out , to be caught by one of those guards and led away . |
| 11 | below which all roads sped away and led away — |
| 12 | The librarian fetched a checked duster , and wiped away the dust , a black , thick , tenacious Victorian dust , a dust composed of smoke and fog particles accumulated before the Clean Air Acts . |
| 13 | was to be done and wiped away that |
| 14 | Willie peered in the window and wiped away the mist his breath was making on the glass . |
| 15 | As he took his handkerchief out and wiped away the water that was still dripping from the front of his hair , a voice said , ‘ I would n't drink that if I were you ; the cows wash in it just round the corner . ’ |
| 16 | She lifted a hand to her face and wiped away a greasy sheen of sweat . |
| 17 | Then a bomb blast devastated the theatre and wiped away her smile of anticipation . |
| 18 | The three novels chart an attempt to develop linguistic techniques which represent the current state of affairs and at the same time challenge it by enlisting subversive laughter as a tool to destabilize fixed systems and tear away their protective layers of discursive convention . |
| 19 | Fimir nodded and tottered away . |
| 20 | Now is a time to focus on priorities and to strip away anything in your life that is superfluous . |
| 21 | He bent and touched her lips with his own , and drawing away , shook his head . |
| 22 | Then I slowly stand up , and they see the length of me and back away . |
| 23 | She always had the same reaction : she 'd gather her baby close and back away , her hand firmly encircling the little head , pulling it against her breast so he could n't face me . |
| 24 | Round she went , mouth slightly parted , eyes seeing who knew what in that circle of lights running into a liquid line as the machine quickened ; in the faces , all one blur below her as she was swung out to them and back away from them again ; in the dark caverns of leaves away above in the trees which seemed so distant , so other , lit in strange patches by the wandering spotlights , strange shadows feeling their way over branches as the lighted islands in the gathering dark turned and twirled , swayed , shuddered , slowed and came to rest . |
| 25 | Etching — dip a cocktail stick in lemon juice or vinegar and scratch away the colour when the dyed egg is cold . |
| 26 | And he gets up and sees the situation and remember , he said , Jesus was n't out for joy ride , he was n't just passing an evening relaxing and unwinding and resting away from the crowd , he had gone into the boat for a purpose , he was going to the other side , and no storm was gon na stop him getting there ! |
| 27 | Mrs. Mounce jumped out of the armchair and twinkled away to the door . |
| 28 | The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms . |
| 29 | Wholesome cooking used to mean a whole lot of work … not least of it , reaching up to the grill , and scrubbing away at the oven and hotplate . |
| 30 | Having entangled them in crime , he catches a train and goes away . |