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Example sentences for "ran away"

  • They gathered some of the leaves, and as soon as the rhino saw that he ran away.

  • I'll tell you why I ran away, Aunt," she said.

  • And, when you found me, I ran away again.

  • Betty, when I was your age, I ran away from a man because I loved him.

  • And I ran away, like you, and went to New York.

  • The man asked permission to leave his first wife, as he wanted to marry the woman with whom he ran away.

  • He returned four times, but on the fifth round he ran away.

  • Then his master began to think of turning him out, but the ass, guessing that something was in the wind that boded him no good, ran away, taking the road to Bremen; for there he thought he might get an engagement as town musician.

  • There was a lad whom I knew for certain he intended to have adopted and to have made his heir--a lad of the name of Ready; but he ran away to sea, and has never been heard of since.

  • He pointed it at me, and tried to shoot me," said Caroline, "but I ran away.

  • Where he ran away from he won't tell, but he seems badly frightened.

  • I knew him right away, but before I could speak to him he ran away.

  • I used to be a regular circus performer, but I couldn't stand it any longer, and I ran away.

  • My Aunt Lydia wanted to get the purse; and me and Maurice, we ran away from her and afterward we saw her again in London, and she wanted our purse we were sure, and then we ran away again.

  • I just made up my mind; I ran away again.

  • I ran away then, and I found Anton waiting for me where he said as he 'ud wait.

  • You know the day my mother married your father, I ran away.

  • When he ran away, I cast him out forever.

  • Well, I ran away from my ancestral castle to find my way in a new world.

  • When the Cat saw the people of the town, she left the Hen, ran away, and entered the forest.

  • The second time was when he ran away to Cuba to fight with the Spaniards.

  • As a boy officer, when other subalterns were playing polo, and at the Gaiety Theatre attending night school, he ran away to Cuba and fought with the Spaniards.

  • Oh, he ran away because he was so miserable; he has a Cobra that lives in his throat," answered the second.

  • And the Jackal was so frightened that he ran away.

  • I believe, your reverence, that the gentleman is like that queer fellow Michael who ran away.

  • I was glad to be rid of him when he ran away; he must have gone to ruin somewhere, for he was good for nothing.

  • And when I ran away to escape from the nasty mess he sent her telegrams in my name threatening to kidnap the children and he did in fact kidnap my little daughter.

  • Ran away with a pretty girl, assisted in marrying her to an undesirable son-in-law, and now you want to know how the old folks take it!

  • Oh, I rather guessed that; but I ran away thinking I might rouse my husband to a little self-assertion.

  • He ran away in that motor-car which he did not know how to work, but which to him represented safety, escape from capture.

  • Miss Muffet," bowl in hand, ran away from an immense black spider, which waggled its long legs in a way so life-like that some of the children shook in their little shoes.

  • They wanted to send me to the poor-house, but I ran away.

  • I was hired out to a farmer in the upper part of New York, but he worked me so hard and treated me so mean that I ran away.

  • I had a brother, and he ran away before my folks died.

  • But he used to beat me, so, one night, I ran away.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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