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Example sentences for "get away from the"

  • I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away from the swamp.

  • It was good to get away from the stress of things; and they repeated the experiment.

  • Still, even with rests now and then, the herd went on very fast, crashing through the jungle, to get away from the danger.

  • They beat the earth with their feet until the ground trembled, and some of them rushed at the gate, which had fallen shut behind them, as they hurried into the trap to get away from the noise.

  • It is the only place to go to get away from the hunters," said Tusker.

  • I felt I simply had to get away from the ship.

  • I had one thing on my mind--to get away from the suction.

  • Some of the men tried to sing to keep the women from hearing the cries, and rowed hard to get away from the scene of the wreck, but the memory of those sounds will be one of the things the rescued will find it difficult to forget.

  • Kate did not make any attempt to get away from the convict; in fact Jappie felt certain that she was doing her best to help the fugitive.

  • Jim Heap asked, for from experience a sudden necessity to leave a place was associated in his mind with a desire to get away from the jurisdiction of criminal courts.

  • He has a mean opinion of a country where a fast horse enables a fugitive to get away from the police.

  • I tell you that I am sure that someone is attempting to get away from the castle, and I believe it to be the two prisoners who came here this evening," the sentry answered angrily.

  • Supposing I get away from the island as soon as possible, the estate will be overrun, and I shall return to find it a blackened wilderness from end to end, and the hacienda, of which I am so proud, a heap of ashes.

  • She merely glanced at a countenance that was fearful--though not more fearful to her than the one she had already recognised, and which had at once determined her to get away from the ground.

  • Too glad to get away from the scene of his unpleasant adventure, he made no inquiry about his negligent squire; nor did he even think of going back to the place where he had left him.

  • I feel impatient to get away from the place; which under the circumstances, you won't wonder at.

  • I am most anxious to get away from the place, and soon as possible.

  • And yet she felt a relief that surprised her, and a desire to get away from the subject.

  • We took to our heels, darted through a couple of side streets and just managed to get away from the crowd.

  • The locks are only there so the animals can go and shut themselves in any time they want to get away from the annoyance of other animals or from people who might come here.

  • Well, anyway, this man told Jones to get away from the spot as soon as he could, and reach the village of Tobolsk as soon as he could.

  • We'll get away from the beggars, somehow.

  • Would they be able to get away from the bomber in time?

  • Whether Ali had intended to get away from the island or not I could not tell.

  • I rather think that the two naturalists were in no hurry to get away from the island, as they were both of them anxious to replace the objects of natural history which had been destroyed by the pirates.

  • By that time Peter had roused some of the men, and they came along, singly and in couples, all on tiptoe, and all eager to get away from the Spaniards.

  • The canoes turned about, and men laboured at the oars to get away from the enemy.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "get away from the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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