Example sentences of "away [conj] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any females which are not ripe will either stay away or beat a hasty retreat . |
| 2 | IT WAS a big bang about seven thousand miles away that blew the socks off the end of Britain 's summer , weather experts have revealed . |
| 3 | The elective nature of the papacy slowed the development of the Papal State — in away that showed a marked contrast to the development of hereditary monarchies , in England for example . |
| 4 | She had thought he was asleep , realising that he was n't only when she felt him tense under the light touch of her fingers , but as he neither moved away nor said a word , she let them remain there , resting lightly against him , the contact lax and undemanding . |
| 5 | I sent away and passed the exams and I became a policeman , but I always wanted to become a policeman when I , from about eighteen or nineteen it 's just that I drifted the wrong way . |
| 6 | Anyhow he went away and met the lady who became his wife in London , I believe , and they had a child . |
| 7 | ‘ If we had been away and had a long night-time car journey ahead of us , ’ he said , ‘ we used to put the children in their pyjamas and wrap them in blankets before we started . |
| 8 | Rostov turned away and followed the others into the house . |
| 9 | The barman walked away and filled a tankard . |
| 10 | He went away and got a job as a waiter in a bad restaurant in Soho . |
| 11 | Well not necessarily that , I mean , people buy when they go , I mean , I 've always just gone straight away and got a nice bit bottle of booze and er |
| 12 | Perkin sat in angry confusion at table six while the racing crowd , entertaining skirmish over , drifted away and got the band re-started . |
| 13 | She scraped the mud away and revealed a piece of scrimshaw . |
| 14 | The trapdoor in the base of the cart dropped away and revealed a square of sickly grass lit by watery moonlight . |
| 15 | Banking involvement in the MBO scene has contracted sharply as a whole tier of European and Far Eastern banks , which took on MBO debt in the eighties because of the lucrative margins available , melted away and left the field to a handful of long-standing domestic participants such as NatWest , Barclays and Bank of Scotland . |
| 16 | I tidied everything away and cleaned the shed up after my bomb-making activity , then went in for dinner . |
| 17 | ‘ Marjorie told me to run away and read a book . |
| 18 | Her mouth tight , her breathing more than a little erratic , she wrenched his thumb away and dragged the abused material of her top back over her breast . |
| 19 | She turned away and took a sip of sweet sherry . |
| 20 | I turned away and took a step back into the twilight . |
| 21 | His throat felt thick , so he just turned away and took the reins that Harper held ready . |
| 22 | He dodged away and took the opportunity to walk rapidly in the opposite direction from the one in which Stair 's lot might be , towards Pall Mall , passing the narrow courts and alleys which led from the brilliantly lit main street . |
| 23 | Martin watched the child flick it gently away and made a mental note to see the landlord about getting the house stoved . |
| 24 | She made the pain go away and thought the grit out of her hand , smoothing over the abrasions . |
| 25 | She turned away and heard the door softly closing and knew she was alone . |
| 26 | I turned slowly away and felt the rush and zip of violently animated matter . |
| 27 | I watched the light drain away and felt the cold clawing at the earth between the tables . |
| 28 | ‘ They obviously knew Mr Gascoigne was away and planned the raid like professionals , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Tabitha turned away and keyed the lifting sequence . |
| 30 | She looked up and waved as the Golf drove past and when Melissa had put it away and locked the garage door , she rammed her fork into the ground and strolled over for a chat . |