Example sentences of "away [prep] it [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | The battledress trousers were inclined to go baggy and the uniform jacket was a bit severe , so whenever we could get away with it we wore the other two items , and tended to let our hair float over our collars — also banned . |
2 | Do n't know we get away with it they want the whole lot bloody scrapping and the new lot all the rust ones , there 's hardly one decent is there ? |
3 | How the Rev Bain gets away with it I do n't know . |
4 | There was a sense of immaturity in our society , an admiration of the crook , the kind of cock-eyed notion that if someone could get away with it he was a Robin Hood type who could somehow feather his own nest and at the same time feather theirs . |
5 | ‘ And if he 's thinking he 'll be getting away with it he can think again ! |
6 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
7 | In order to achieve this position , your bowman must know where the line is and how far away from it you are at any given moment . |
8 | It 's just a pity that the castle itself is a little bit indistinct I mean , when you stand away from it you ca n't er you can hardly see the castle there and er , it is an attractive castle , photographed many times but I would just like to see that shown up a little more in the picture . |
9 | ran away from it you see and then when he came back he came to us and he growled a few times at it , so , but erm , backed off you know |
10 | any visual material must be absolutely clear and legible to the person furthest away from it who is also rather short sighted |