Example sentences of "away [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 2 | If it was n't the Russians , it was the British who wanted to interfere ; so I said , I am going away to wait for the day when once again an Austrian can decide when an Austrian may conduct music in his own country . |
| 3 | She passed within a few feet of an arrow slit from which a light showed , but she was too far away to see into the room where the verderers were . |
| 4 | You ran away to go on the stage |
| 5 | The two men , who were completely sober despite their time in the bar , moved away to stand against the cracked plaster walls of the buildings to either side of the main road , glancing quickly around the corners to check for traffic . |
| 6 | But he ignored her , rushing away to disappear among the trees . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes ! ’ he said , the word jerked out of him furiously , and twisted away to hide from the malicious smile he dreaded . |
| 8 | They played a lively game of Hide ‘ N ’ Seek , where the little hedgehog would crawl away to hide in the weeds or under pile of leaves and the big beast would seek her out and bark loudly when he found her . |
| 9 | Instead of scurrying away to hide in the weeds , the ducks came back . |
| 10 | Each babe emerges folded in two , head to tail , the size of a small tea-leaf , and swims away to hide in the leaves of the water plants . |
| 11 | But Becky often skipped away to listen at the back . |
| 12 | Instead , he turned away to stare at the picture of her mother which was on the chest of drawers . |
| 13 | ‘ It goes on to explain how the geneticists and the neurochemists — neurotransmitters and all that — are in on the act = ’ His red eyes searched mine once more , then turned away to stare at the solitary lamp . |
| 14 | Others walked away to look at the island , and two men stayed to watch the boat . |
| 15 | Then more feet , the slam of a door , the surge of power as the Rover shot away to look at the next corner . |
| 16 | As Pavel stepped out onto the asphalt , he could see the take off of a Cathay Pacific 747 through the chainlink and across a few hundred feet of grass ; it seemed shockingly , dangerously close , and he turned his face away to look toward the main building . |
| 17 | Moodie , despite a clutch problem on his Honda , closed within four seconds at Ramsey on the final lap , but the 37 year-old Reid put the power down and pulled away to win for the second successive year . |
| 18 | Mukddaam marginally interfered with the favourite , Mazag , but drew away to win in the style of a horse with a big future . |
| 19 | Unable to bear any more , she swung away to stumble over the ploughed field . |
| 20 | She turned away to shout to the android . |
| 21 | They were now nearer to 550 miles from Malta than the 450 intended , and the Fulmar crew announced over the radio that they could not make it , breaking away to land on the carrier again . |
| 22 | The heir tossed the creature in a well and went away to fight in the Holy Land . |
| 23 | ‘ Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ? |
| 24 | Suddenly , it growled at her , bent its great shaggy head , picked up the carcass in bloody jaws and padded away to settle on the grass , paws holding the meat down while it tore the flesh with its teeth . |
| 25 | ‘ They are given a topic straight away to revise for the first exam — which is at 9am the following morning . |
| 26 | When she was younger and thoroughly impatient with her mother she had sometimes entertained a fantasy that Constance would kidnap her and take her away to live with the gipsies : now she felt that she might not have liked it as much as she thought . |
| 27 | As the pattern of industrial life goes on and the health of the nation enables people to live longer , the number of retired people will increase and new , attractive facilities will have to be made for them in Britain , or they will be lured away to live on the continent of Europe and spend their money there . |
| 28 | A radical wing broke away to merge with the leftist Workers ' Party . |
| 29 | Quite apart from my visitors and my new friends , some of whom whisk me away to stay for the weekend , there are what you could call my ‘ professional engagements ’ . |
| 30 | Relations between Modi and Madame Hébuterne became so strained , with Jeanne refusing to give him up and Madame cursing him and his art , that after a time he moved away to stay in the Hôtel Tarelli , 5 Rue de France . |