Example sentences of "[to-vb] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We still do n't know what caused my husband to pass away . |
| 2 | ‘ A neighbour gave us two , but one was really noisy and feisty , so it had to pass away . |
| 3 | I 've got to think — if anything happened to me mother , say she were to pass away tonight — I 've no job and nothing coming in at all , only perhaps interest from savings which would n't keep me … |
| 4 | A reader " trained " in reading according to conventional interpretation ( by means , typically , of an English degree in an institution of higher education ) would probably be more disposed towards resolving invisible metaphors than someone reading simply to pass away a boring train journey . |
| 5 | Because his rights as a tenant were protected and because in any case the university did n't wish to be seen turfing out an elderly man whose family had lived in the same cottage for five generations , we left him in peace and build around him , as it were , expecting him perhaps to move elsewhere or maybe to pass away . |
| 6 | He wanted to hit him all over the face with his fists , to smash away his stupid smile , to stop him talking . |
| 7 | I made ready to slip away down the passage . |
| 8 | Often when talking with the girls she had noticed that whenever Moran entered the room silence and deadness would fall on them ; and if he was eating alone or working in the room setting the teeth of a saw , putting a handle in a broken spade on a wet day , taking apart the lighting plant that never seemed to run properly for long — they always tried to slip away . |
| 9 | The spring , he says , is a particularly perilous time in adder-land : as they emerge from hibernation , adders are too groggy to slip away from potential threats but their fangs are filled with several months ' worth of venom . |
| 10 | We had the opportunity to make a fundamental change , and I could not believe that we would allow that opportunity to slip away . |
| 11 | CHEADLE , flags holders , league champions and unbeaten for more than two years , did not allow their proud record to slip away as they beat Heaton Mersey 15–12 in the final of the Daily Telegraph Senior Flags final at Didsbury yesterday . |
| 12 | It was Wharton 's 14th win in 15 fights — the other bout ended in a draw — but he seemed to be allowing the fight to slip away from him through uncharacteristic casualness in the fifth and sixth rounds . |
| 13 | Ranald tried to slip away to join the warriors , but Ruari grabbed him . |
| 14 | Here comes summer … time for the two of you to slip away for that special holiday , so sit back and enjoy those dream destinations that make you wish you were there … cruise the Caribbean 's hot spots on Le Ponant and graceful and stylish luxury yacht … take time off a tour of the Greek Islands and enjoy the special mixture of sun , beauty and history … party 'till dawn on Majorca or discover more secluded spots on this and the other Balearic Islands … beat the crowds to the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla and relish the silky feel of warm sand slipping between your toes … if time is short cross the Channel to France and the pretty countryside of Picardy … or rediscover England on a relaxing barge built for two … we also look at romantic hotels in Britain , perfect for first nights , short breaks or indulgent weekends … |
| 15 | She glimpsed again that girlish figure momentarily outlined against the walls of the abbey only to slip away like a wraith and be lost among the shadows of the beach . |
| 16 | How 'd they manage to slip away ? ’ |
| 17 | It might seem too easy to him just to slip away into the fantasy world of death . ’ |
| 18 | MPs demanded last night that the Department of Trade and Industry explain how 500 British jobs were allowed to slip away . |
| 19 | Although Anglo-Spanish relations deteriorated after 1568 and Philip 's protective mantle gradually began to slip away , the Spanish king still declined to involve himself in plots and conspiracies to overthrow Elizabeth . |
| 20 | The 1980s ended with the tabloids ' confidence waning , and with the Sun 's nudes moving to page five , perhaps to slip away for good . |
| 21 | " Saturday … yes , Mother 's giving a party , I should be able to slip away . |
| 22 | If they had been invited it might have made it easier , since it would have allowed him to slip away unnoticed . |
| 23 | There was a small queue at the rear exit as the men waited to slip away into the night . |
| 24 | Run ! at me but the message is n't getting through , there 's something else in the way , something else pulling me back , back to Andy and back to that frozen river bank ; I hear Andy crying out and I can still see him reaching towards me and he 's about to slip away from me again and I ca n't do anything … but I can , this time I can ; I can do something and I will . |
| 25 | Meik saw her chance to slip away whilst the going was good . |
| 26 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 27 | I would have to slip away to toilets , down basement stairs , off into the closed stacks of the library and there strike the flint . |
| 28 | If there had been only two men holding Alison in the room , this meant that they 'd left her unguarded and she 'd be able to slip away . |
| 29 | She had timed her arrival for half an hour after the party was due to commence , calculating that this would find the host and hostess busy with other guests , leaving her free to mingle and , with any luck , to slip away early . |
| 30 | If she could call their bluff she might just be able to slip away . |