| 单词 | get away |
| 例句 | In the summer they preferred the thickest forests, where they could frolic as they wished as soon as they got away from hikers and boy scouts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking at his hairy hands again, I suddenly felt the urge to get away from him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "I've been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go west." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I thought surely he was going to get away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z We didn’t have much to pack up and soon we were on our winding path again, heading everywhere and nowhere, frantic to get away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z He thought I was trying to get away. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He says it’s the one place he can get away from the chaos. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I was hoping to get away with it, as the manager is usually busy. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I managed, with a lie about my mother needing me, to get away by four-fifteen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This was just before Axel and Byrd had made the plan to fly to Frank’s open truck bed when he wanted to get away from annoying things, scary things, unwanted things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And there were other things we did, too, like going for evening rides on the cable car to get away from the heat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He might have gotten away with it forever. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But all I wanted to do was get away from school and deposit myself into bed. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t ever forget your history,” she sang, “or any wicked soul can lie to you and get away with it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I should feel inclined,” he said, not looking directly at us, “to get away for a bit. Take a short holiday. Go abroad perhaps.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I know. I got away from them by escaping on the bus.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “These old mountains can weigh anybody down. When you get away from them...well, there’s a whole other world out there. You’ll see.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was no way an eighty-six-year-old man could have stopped them from getting away with their paltry loot. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In fact, you got away with much more than knocking down a sign, Jenny. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Anyway, we finally got away from Norton and Dennis, but it was too late to go over to the Pigman’s—mainly because Lorraine had to get home to check in with her mother. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “We can at least get away from the smoke.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Then get away from me as quick as you can.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She kept glancing over at Rowan, who, once more, couldn’t seem to get away from the other apprentices, although she didn’t know how hard he tried. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I couldn’t have gotten away if I had tried. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Pythagoras himself fled for his life, and he might have gotten away had he not run smack into a bean field. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z All she knew to do was get away from that horrible voice and make it to the water. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We’d just been lucky getting away from them the first time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Ms. Gruwell wouldn’t let me get away with saying something like that. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Still, I have to get away from the mirror. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She shrugged my hand off her shoulder and crawled as far down the log as she could to get away from me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just an excuse to get away from me,” said Rosa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If he could have gotten away with it, Rowan would have pushed him over the railing—but attacks against scythes were not tolerated. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z You turn to open the car door, now anxious to get away from her, but then her arms slip around your waist from behind and she crushes her svelte little body against yours. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I knew if I’d stayed out there I’d be tempted to say something rude, and my parents would never let me get away with that. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Maybe a couple of times after that I was sloppy and he’d land a punch or a kick before I could get away, but I never trusted him again, not for a moment. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z That turtle would still he alive, kicking and trying to get away while the man was standing in the store, poring over the vegetables, buying garlics and peppers to cook it up with. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he didn’t get away with it. We took care of him.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Couldn't think about T falling, or the guy who shot him getting away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I couldn’t fathom how a bear had gotten into the cage, only that I needed to get away from it, so I pressed myself hard against the bars. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z No matter how she twisted and squirmed, she couldn’t get away from that hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Looked like he couldn’t get away fast enough. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Why are you staring at ash and at sticks and scraps of wood when we could be chasing Loki? Kvasir! As you ponder and talk your nonsense he is getting away from us!” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He taught me all these things, and that was how I also learned 1 could be lazy and get away with mistakes, lots of mistakes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to clear my head; I wanted to get away from everything for a little while. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I liked the ring of Mummy so much that I wondered for just a second if I could get away with calling my mother Mummy. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Is this an oversight, have we gotten away with something? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But he still held Other-Finn in his arms, and the little boy was struggling to get away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "Brother," he said, calling me "Brother" for the first time, "I want you to take it. I guess it's a kind of luck piece. Anyway, it's the one I filed to get away." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Years earlier, I had run through these same woods with all of my might, looking for safety, trying to get away from campus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You beat all. Don’t ever try to get away from here. We’ll hog- tie you,” said Mr. Clutter. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When he found that he couldn’t get away with some things, he began to believe he couldn’t get away with anything. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want some of them to get away and breed.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “He got away, Mama! He got out of the oak grove and out of the water! He came looking for us!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “They need to get away from here, too.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m really not messing with you. I needed to get away from there for a while, so they moved me out here to live with my aunt and uncle.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The dolphin-men fell over themselves trying to get away from their captives. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z That way, if my mama ever came back, I could recognize her, and I would be able to grab her and hold on to her tight and not let her get away from me again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z We talked about how men can get away with whatever they want, but when a female does the same thing, then she gets degraded and even dissed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Kate had just climbed over the gunwale, with Rhonda and Number Two scrambling in after her, when Sticky pointed and cried, “He’s getting away!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The one thing about Halloween is, I can get away with wearing makeup since it can be part of a costume. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I would just stand around and smile and talk and drink punch and eat sandwiches, and then I would make some excuse and get away early. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But fortunately for Vincent, it is still easy to get away from the congestion. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A few years ago, I learned you can get away with nearly anything if you mention menstruation to your male teachers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I prompt Rani and she continues, "Spirits of my ancestors—tell me, will these men get away with this destruction?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She told Sissy about Johnny, and Sissy said she’d come over and fix him up as soon as she could get away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she ran, couldn’t wait to get away. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I would’ve fought him, but I wanted to get a sense of what was going on before I tried to get away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The snow was so soft and deep he might get caught trying to get away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I could see a little bit of the golden child who got away with everything. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe the Sender gets away with it,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z If the riddle was too hard, he could keep silent, get away from the sphinx unharmed, and try and find an alternative route to the center. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had to get away, she had to be alone, by herself, or she'd burst out crying. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hide in it and use his magic to ride down the waterfall and get away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Get away from him — I said, get away —” Harry raised his head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I want to get away from the stigma they all clearly feel just because they have an illness of the mind as opposed to, say, an illness of the lungs or blood. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Amari’s arms and face were lashed and sliced as she huddled with Afi in the bottom of the boat, trying to get away from the sailors’ ferocity. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z By some accounts, his marriage, already ailing before Frankie’s death, was staggering, and maybe he needed to get away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fingernail marks. He was desperate to get away—to drag himself by his fingertips, if necessary. He was alive the entire time that thing sharpened its claws on the stone while its master watched.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I just had to get away. I walked around for a long time,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The night before when everyone had left Egypt in such a hurry they had been too busy getting away from the rain—and the darkness and question mysteriously answered—to remember about Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I was thinking how easy it would be for someone with a knife to do some damage to us—and get away with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With wights and dogs hunting us, the extra speed might mean the difference between getting caught and getting away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Just wanted to get away for a couple of days, Hel. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z By never letting me get away with a lie. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He jumped away in horror, but couldn’t get away from the stench. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “You want her, still? Twice you’ve tried to hold her, and twice she’s got away. If I were her, I’d run, and keep on running, sooner than give you a third chance.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I feel this strange need to move closer to him, as if he might get away from me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Even then, they only got away because a couple of cowboys were on the rail ready to jump in and distract that horse. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s still no excuse, but it’s easy to see how it all got away from him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Then they put Gawaine on the ground, tied up so that he could not get away, and prepared for battle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Every creature had a basic instinct for survival, but for that poor critter, there was no getting away. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Ernest had bought it on the spur of the moment in 1950 as “a place where he could get away from the telephone and the pressures of his regular work,” Molly recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I looked at each of them individually, trying to hold myself back and yet feeling it getting away from me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Kingshaw began to run, not caring, now, if he trampled the com, wanting to get away, down into the next field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I was a bit of a romantic. I wanted to get away from what I thought of as a very conventional small town and try my wings.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their way of defying authority and demonstrating that with almost no police on duty, they knew they could get away with it. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When the crowd turned up Elm Street where there were more good houses to visit, the Egyptians began to drop to the rear of the group where it would be easier to get away. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She tells us get away from the table and stop gawking at him having his tea and tells him to stop giving us bits of ham and tomato. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I think I’ve heard one of them say, “She didn’t get away.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If it was me by myself, I’d be thinking again and again how this never would have happened if Shiloh could have got away from the shepherd. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And I wanted to get away from my house. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He got away, he was thinking, he got away! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z So Half bullies us and gets away with it. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “At the reservation. You told me to get away from him.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He’s probably just trying to get away from the food, but he could also be trying to get away from her desperation for a compliment. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I turn and I start to say something, anything, that’ll be the fastest way to get away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “Don't let it get away, life is shorter than you think.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I almost got away. I made it all the way to St. Augustine.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry started stuffing everything feverishly into his ripped bag, desperate to get away before Malfoy could hear his musical valentine. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Wanting to get away, she had come out today, walking. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The thing about being barren is that you’re not allowed to get away from it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm pretty sure we're getting away until this punk comes out of nowhere, he's one of Blade's gang and he's got this big ugly grin. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. Must be frightful for the poor devils who can’t get away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They’re pretty busy salting down a new load of herring, but Devlin Murphy, the boss and owner, he gives me the eye and comes over before I can get away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And they had to get away if they were going to escape the monster—although she was starting to doubt that there was a monster at all. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Besides, she explained, she had to get away from her mother, who wouldn’t let her make even the smallest decision on her own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He runs faster than anyone I know, so he always gets away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Yossarian owed his good health to exercise, fresh air, teamwork and good sportsmanship; it was to get away from them all that he had first discovered the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “We have to get away while Circe’s distracted.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The other pig spun around to face Striker and was hit in the stomach several times as he ran backward to get away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jumper was always getting his chunk of wood hung up behind a bush or rock, so that he couldn’t get away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I squirm to get away, but yeah, I’m laughing, too. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Charles,” said Francis, jingling his car keys nervously, “we stopped by because we’re driving out to the country. Thought it might be nice to get away for a while. Do you want to come?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “But not well enough to keep you there. Stunning girls, though, in Mexico. I thought I should never get away from Vera Cruz when I was down there a couple of years ago.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can get away the moment we want to,” said Digory. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z What could I do now to be certain I would get away? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Rondell stumbles trying to get away from the guys holding him back. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I had let it get away from me, had been unable to bring in the political issues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z For me, getting away from winter had always felt like a joyride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Three young women he knew and would have enjoyed as companions had jobs and couldn’t get away in the middle of the week. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I wish I could still get away with wearing that old astronaut helmet I used to wear when I was little. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z ‘You could have got away free. The giant has been tracking me. If you had just left -’ ‘You’re welcome, cupcake,’ the coach grumbled. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She was injured, but she and Finn got away with the help of a dog the size of a horse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I had to get away from that voice that sounded like creaking floors and smelled like used oil. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, her madness hung about her like a cloud, and Antain knew he had to get away, lest he become infected by it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Obie had been involved in so many Vigil assignments that he’d lost count of them and he was continually amazed at how they got away with it all the time. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if she was looking for a way to get away from us all for a while. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Single words were preferred, and if you could get away with just nodding or shaking your head, even better. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Stomp on it before it gets away,” the guard said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The clerks watched too, when they could get away with it. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I know it sucks for the people’s property, but getting away with it is a part of the thrill. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If I could just talk to Dave, he thought, I’d be all right; I could get away from here, go home and go to bed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “We would have gotten away with it!” he complained as he placed it on the floor in front of the signora. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She rolled over onto her side to get away from those thoughts. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z It would feel so good to get away from the heat, but on the other hand, when I hit the sidewalk I would die, obviously. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Throughout his employment, Parker’s one distinguishing trait was that of a troublemaker who somehow managed to get away with things. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z By teaching us how to read, they had taught us how to get away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Jared: Maybe I get away with it because I’m not dumb enough to get caught. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I imagined the brothers hustling down Lenox Avenue trying to get away from the wind. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Screaming, he kicked and pushed and thrashed, throwing his body into a roll, trying to get away from them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Young Petey stepped backwards, checking the best escape routes for getting away from the crazy people quick, fast, and in a hurry. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You think you can throw spaghetti in my face and get away with it?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z New teachers don’t know the rules, so you can get away with things the old-timers would squash you for. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Thank you for having us. We needed so much to get away.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt remembered someone saying, when he first arrived, You won’t get away with your swanky ways here. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z At eighteen, Pa left home and went to live in a Buddhist temple to get away from his violent home, further his study, and eventually became a monk. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But because the evidence was circumstantial, and because Bryce’s family was rich and powerful with lots of influence in New Rome, he’d got away with the lighter sentence of banishment. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She ought to be figuring on a way for the three of them to get away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Shin refused to make a life plan, and Song said she and others at LiNK allowed him to get away with it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “No, apparently not. The cops said there was another kid, but he got away.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If he was going to die anyway, maybe he could set off a masisive blaze—incinerate the basilisks, so at least his friends could get away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I think you like it better this way. You get away with more. You should have spent the summer like I did, Julie, and then you’d appreciate home and family.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They were tripping, throwing elbows, getting away with murder back there. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have to catch them. Whoever did this can’t just get away with it!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I write back to tell him that it isn’t his fault, and that he has to get away from Reverend Poole and try to get back to his normal life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I tried to say it as insincerely as I could get away with and half-smiled as I spoke. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She looks at me askance, trying to tell if I’m trying to get away with something or if I’m for real. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It was hard to get away from them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Jinx struggled to get away, but Finn held firm. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Father is not one to let you get away with simply apologizing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I spec we about to get a shower. “... government knows best and if Skeeter thinks she’s going to get away with this colored non—” “Mama! Mama! Look at me!” holler Heather from the pool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Since I wasn’t screeching at him to get away, he must’ve thought he was free and clear to a fine, feathered dinner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “All right. But don’t try to put nothing over, ‘cause you can’t get away with nothing. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z But he can, he can – Kingshaw began to run, trying to get away from his own whirling thoughts. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z That he had not been thinking of getting away embarrassed him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Or do I try to go two and a half hours without a break in the afternoon, followed by a nearly three-hour marathon before I can get away for dinner? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “She distracted the Dauntless soldiers so I could get away, and they killed her,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He asked how I was doing, and when, as usual, I just said, “Fine,” he wouldn’t let me get away with it. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Like I said, Grandpa could get away with anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand what was going on or why she wanted me to hit her or how I would get away, but I could hear Grandma saying, March forward, girl. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Park had spent all day trying to think of how to get away from the new girl. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Dragged behind a whale trying as hard as it can to get away from the human beings that hunted it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I tell him he’s black, he tells me I’m black, and a woman in a shop tells us get away from that door, ’tis Christmas Day and she doesn’t want to be looking at Africa. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He was the plotter and from the serious looks on the committee's faces he was getting away with it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z When her row was called, George grabbed her book bag and got away from the other kids at the closet as quickly as she could. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Seeing that cop get away with murder probably made them think they’re invincible too.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, no. He’s got that all right—it’s dead. But maybe he can’t catch the other. It gets away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z By now he seemed like he’d changed his mind and just wanted to get away. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “They tried to get away,” said one of the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Either the Specials took them, or they got away.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z While we sit and do our homework together in Danielle’s dark pink room, she tells me, “We came to the United States to get away from my father. Maman asked him for a divorce.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “And then when I saw the other one, it was too late to double back. When I got away, I came to look for you and you were gone.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z And try as he would, he could not get away. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Her back legs had given way and her balance on her front legs was woozy When the men got close, she tried to get away but could not manage it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "They kidnapped me in Rome. They drugged me. I got away as soon as I could. I'm so happy to be back. I just hope I can find support for my actions here." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I get away with a hell of a lot because of my dad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He was the last person I was ready to talk to, but I couldn’t get away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hero or not, there’s just some things I can’t get away with. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I’d cracked an FBI server once, as a test, and gotten away with it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “She was already the boys' enemy. I just added myself to the list. What did you expect me to do, let her get away with it? She called him bald-headed, for Pete’s sake.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I follow, glad to get away from his friends. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He ate as little as he could get away with. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I don’t know how long I’ll be able to get away with my complete disregard for the clockwork precision of attendance required by my hosts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “From what he could gather, most of the orphans got away before the fire started. Seems an older gentleman who cleaned there held off the mob so the kids could escape.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He loved hunting and fishing and getting away to the wilds where nobody could bother him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse had already gotten off the bus by then, so he got away. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Things were sparking inside of me and I needed to go away, get away from him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He hit the poor cats again and again, and there was nowhere they could run to get away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z At a place like Fullbrook, a man could do whatever he wanted to me, to anyone, and get away with it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But the trial didn’t make any difference. These guys got away with murder anyway.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “His son did not know it at the time, but he was able to get away, and later they both fled the magistrate’s land together!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But Miss Love went on to the kitchen anyway, I guess to get away from Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “After that they give you a fine run, but get away.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He folded his arms and told Rondell to get away from the nectarines unless he planned on buying every single one his grubby hands touched. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I walked here because I needed to get away from the dormitory. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was openly rude and contemptuous to the chaplain once he discovered that the chaplain would let him get away with it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He’s in that hollow limb. See— that one way up there. That’s why I couldn’t come home. I was afraid he’d get away.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But before Millard could get the key in the door, the Gypsy boy stood up and shouted, “Help! They’re trying to get away!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She approached the little patch of air with passionate curiosity, because she hadn’t had time to look at the first one: she’d had to get away as quickly as possible. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This is an activity that idealizes risk-taking; the sport’s most celebrated figures have always been those who stick their necks out the farthest and manage to get away with it. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But they get away with it by arranging the words so that a reader can absorb them a phrase at a time, each phrase conveying a chunk of conceptual structure. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "Then get away with you, and get along with you," she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I was riding so fast to try to get away because I was scared of being shot life ... Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z In my rush to get away from the car, I’d forgotten completely about them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If I can lug her over to the nearest wall I can prop her up, dust her off a litde, think how to get away. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Did you really think you would get away with it?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to get away—a cowardly attitude, perhaps, but more cowardly to deny. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I close the door behind me and wonder how I can possibly think I'll get away with this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Evidently she got away with it for she passed the examination in French. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please. We want to get away, but we don’t have any money.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was able to fight off the others and get away with the girdle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Act like you’re in control, the bodyguard had said, and nine times out of ten, you ’11 get away with it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like we got away with it,” Levi whispers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “But they can beat me and get away with it. I cannot win against them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Moss might have gotten away with it this time, but not forever. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The move from Cherry Hill to Northwood was to get away from Cherry Hill. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. Time got away from me. I’ll hurry now to get my work done.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z "What route would let you get away with the least chance of someone seeing you?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When Joyce couldn’t get away, Joe spent much of his free time at the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Cecilia let out another horrific scream before she yelled back at us, “Don’t laugh at me! You horrible brats! You have no respect for authority! But don’t think you’re going to get away with this!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Surely, he would kill me if I didn’t get away, save myself, go home! Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Lina said, “No, she wandered away before the lights went out. She got away from me. She may have come this direction.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Some of the bigger children had got away from their mothers and were standing at the edge of the training ground, looking at the soldiers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way people dress here,” she said, “it’s more refined. You can’t get away with jeans.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Only because Japan was a populous, isolated island could it get away with its rejection of the powerful new military technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The big question was to find an excuse to get away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cilia shouldn’t let her get away with such selfishness and gluttony. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “If this thing gets away from us it’s as full of explosives as an atom bomb. What are they planning to do, go over the mountains with choppers?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, that was assuming he and his friends could get away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His parents had moved to Omaha to get away from the Chinese government. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I was grateful for the excuse to get away and ran for it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a man in front of her, holding a rifle sideways to keep her from getting away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should have come over. I was dying to get away,” Naomi said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I mean, she thinks she can get away with her subliminal twists by calling them omens, but she doesn’t fool me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z What they wanted was to get away themselves: but Polly couldn’t get at her ring and of course Digory couldn’t go without her. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z At the Rad Lab, it seemed, one could get away with a half-finished research project, but shirking one’s nighttime shift operating the machine was a sin. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On most days, I could get away with a snail’s pace. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “At the last minute, I...I let him get away.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z You can tell by the way they hit sometimes, that the little fish gets away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I could not for my life get away from the feeling that there was some one else amongst us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Like I couldn’t ever get away from her and just forget about everything. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z To warm up and get away from the river, he climbed a hill and followed a road through fields blanketed in snow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Somebody did that once in history and they got away from a bull. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Black cats crossed the road just to get away from her. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Why is it that we as geeks, freaks, nerds, dorks, dweebs .. . have to suffer while the clueless, bow-headed, testosterone- poisoned "normal" people are allowed to get away with murder? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I expect things to be better next month, when we’ll get away from the Greeks and Romans and into Mediaeval and Renaissance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The faster we can clear this stuff away, the sooner we can leave this mound. Maybe we can even get away before the wall collapses.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Good, that would make it easier to get away without being noticed. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The problem with living in a one-horse town like Chokecherry is you can’t get away with anything. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I don’t know to this day how I got away with my life.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Trying to see if he can get away with killing me, too? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I reckon you’ll know now that you cant beat me out of a job and get away with it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Those closest to Him began to squirm and shove to get away, while others pushed forward to see. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Zero is going to get away with everything. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Wearing his green and grey jester’s motley, Trip could say just about anything and get away with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “If you think you can get away with making threats...giving orders...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You think he could get away with that? You think I would allow him to cheat me that way?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have gotten away in that instant— except for the money. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z As I drew near, the one in my hands jerked to life again, squirming as if he were trying to get away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “You’re the one they want. Turn invisible and go up the aisle. Let them pass you. Maybe you can get to the front and get away.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Even the pretty Jade orbs on the top floor seemed less grand the second time through, and Pong was ready to get away from all the light and the noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A lot of them are trying to get away from the kingdom of corn and processed foods by buying organic food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z At last he pushed aside the stone at the entrance and sat down there, stretching his arms across, thinking thus to catch them when they tried to get away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re playing a close game with fifty thousand dollars,” she said, “and you’re not going to get away with it. I don’t know what the trick is, but I’m going to find out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It wasn't the sort of thing I could get away with. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “Once you cross over into this lane, you know what you’ll be able to get away with?” she asked him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The sun coming into the room felt like knives going through my eyes, and I rolled over, hoping to get away from the pain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "Yes, dammit, they gotta! Me, I don't let 'em get away with nothing. If they going to be brothers let 'em be brothers! Oh, but I'm fair," he said, his face suddenly self-righteous. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Presently, he said, “Know what it is that really bugs me? About that other thing? It’s just I don’t believe it—that anyone can get away with a thing like that.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He had by the wrist the kid Brandon, who was twisting and trying furiously to get away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Tell ’em that’s going to happen to them too unless they get away!” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z And that means the man is on you like a tick, you caint get away from him no matter where you go. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z How could those men do something like this, destroy someone’s house in the dead of night, and get away with it? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But I knew that was impossible if I was going to have any chance to get away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Everyone but the children knew that she always proclaimed her darlings the winner, when she could get away with it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Anything to get away from the road itself. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I concentrated on my lunch, thinking, Maybe you actually got away with ratting out these guys. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been so busy getting away from the library, he hadn’t paid attention to where he was going. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It’s easier to breathe the farther I get away from it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “What you want to get away from here for?” she asked. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t think you can get away with this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I couldn't get away from him fast enough. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z They just wanted to get away from the elfin camp before the sun rose too high. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I thought about Teresita and her husband, who warned us about the nagual and tried to tell us how to get away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You were a fool to come here, boy. You could have gotten away with your freedom if not for her.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Once every four or five boxfuls, a pigeon got away clean. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z We pay two hundred and forty dollars each, the kind of price you can get away with charging people whose savings accounts would go to waste otherwise. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There aren’t many people who could get away with talking this way to Pop, but Erin’s special to us. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If I twisted her leg and ran, I might be able to get away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And how did you manage to get away?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Thanks for helping us get away from the ogress,” Kendra said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Once Victor realized that Prosper had gotten away, he kicked the nearest wooden post he could find, sprained his foot—and then hobbled home. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Letting the tanks get away, I ride up a driveway and stop behind a tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He was overwhelmed by a desire not so much to get away from Julia as to get back to the Chestnut Tree Cafe, which had never seemed so attractive as at this moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I could see him wondering if he could get away with waving it off. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z He explained that he’d been unable to get away at Christmas as planned; things were just too busy at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The North’s liberals have been for so long pointing accusing fingers at the South and getting away with it that they have fits when they are exposed as the world’s worst hypocrites. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kit, for heaven’s sake,” Nat hissed in an exasperated whisper, “get away from this place! Quick!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Whatever these two intended, he and Lyra could still get away through the window he’d opened behind the bush on the path below. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew that I could get away with not having a fresh shape-up easier than they could get away with not chopping that Sunday dinner off the tops of their heads. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z They nodded at me and then moved down toward my end to get away from the door and out of sight. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, when they first looked. But he stopped for a second when one of them called, and his dæmon got away.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Byion’s inside foot joined his outside one in trying to get away. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to get away. Promise me. Go thru the swamp and get away.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Most students avoided it anyway, and maybe the feeling of getting away from everyone else was another part of the appeal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The first was from Pennsylvania Avenue to Cherry Hill to get away from Wes’s father. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not supposed to be here at all. We threw away our GPS beacons weeks ago, trying to get away.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I slid my card under the apartment building door and got away from there as fast as I could. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “This is always the problem with infiltrating the Court. Lots of etiquette taking up time. When can you get away?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Was it really possible to get away with something like that? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If only I was his size, I could get away with sullen and hostile and it would be just fine! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I had to get away from the library door where I had been eavesdropping very quickly as I heard him approach. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z That deep cold set something howling inside the core of him, wailing and screaming to get away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I was glad to get away from those students when I was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in London. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first thing to cross Jus’s mind as he steps off the bus is the irony of looking for solace in the place he was anxious to get away from. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He roared in anger and tried to get away, but it was too late. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think he got away. He and I made a run together.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I suck my sleeve and walk fast to try to get away from it even though it follows me everywhere. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to get away?” a sharp, gravelly voice said in the darkness. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z One of Capricorn’s men kicked out as the marten shot past his legs, but Gwin got away and disappeared behind one of the red columns. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z What had made me think I could lie to him and get away with it? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And I do get away, but I can’t escape the guilt. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He backed against the tree, trying to get away from Alby, who stayed right in his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “If we let shanks like you get away with that stuff,” Alby said, “we never would’ve survived this long. Keepers, get ready.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t want his first real good break to get away from him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Once we got away we made for the docks, snuck up and watched from the shadows while they transported them on a brachy.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She called it “our secret plot to be able to get away without getting our throats cut.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The warhorses feared the flames and fought to get away, injuring themselves and other horses as they twisted at their lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wasn’t, and the army was the place I was going to get away from all the questions. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I had seen Papa glance in my direction and I even seen him nod his head slightly toward me—his way of saying to get away. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had to do something. They can’t get away with it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m the youngest, and the only girl. So I get away with a lot.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Between going to school, playing ball, and trying to get paid once in a while the time gets away.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z They could still get away if they had to. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Students are getting away with murder and the staff is too worn out to care. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody should be allowed to get away with this kind of thing.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z But then I think of what the Hideout means to each of them—a place to draw freely, a place to get away from annoying siblings, a place to be themselves. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z His undoubted gifts as an anatomist allowed him to get away with the most barefaced dishonesties. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He knew the game was getting away and that was why the coach put me in, and he was still going to come down lame. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z He said, “I’ll keep her interested while you get away, Marly.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t have much rope. I suppose he will be able to undo the knots eventually. But at least we will have some time to get away.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z All I wanted was to get away from there as fast as I could. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too late to get away, too late even to blow my whistle. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was time, she said, for Abdulrahman to leave Jableh and get away, if only for a spell, from their home so full of melancholy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I just wanted to get away from Jimmy, just wanted to walk out of his life. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z A deal Sam conveniently ignored whenever he felt like it, and their mother, who brokered the compromise in the first place, always let Sam get away with it. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He got away with it until one morning when he was a little late leading the horse off the track. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Except getting away. That part was very cool.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I kept thinking about how easy it was for Dusty Muleman to get away with what he was doing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z If it had been only me telling her I needed to get away, far away from Eastspring, she would’ve talked over me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Of course they didn’t believe me, but they let me get away with the lie. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Nobody crossed Cole Matthews and got away with it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I wanted to get away from her, away from the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “What did the ones look like who attacked you? How did you get away?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Dealing with big companies was one of the things she’d formed Garland to get away from. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z So he faked the call and was pretend-talking to no one just to get away from me? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z To hear it coming, but to not be able to get away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Maybe the pigeon wanted to get away from his relatives. If he doesn’t like the new coop, he’ll fly back to the old one when he gets out again.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z If I didn’t get away quickly, I would pass out. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t feel sick. We got away, didn’t we? Hey, will you look at that?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z What a fool I was to believe we could get away with it! The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Too late, I screamed for them to get away from the edge. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Don’t get away from the lake so far that you can’t see, and if you run into a bear don’t look into his eyes.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “He just said some pretty terrible things about my family, that’s all. I couldn’t let him get away with that.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Let’s just turn it down till we get away from this guy, all right?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “But you know, we haven’t totally gotten away yet,” Shay said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I tell Bernard I need to use the bathroom, but I really just want to get away so he won’t ask me to dance again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z SJ: All the courts “proved” yesterday was that a white guy can kill an unarmed teenager and get away with it if the kid is black. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “We were hoping to get away without being hit. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We kept moving farther south to get away from the fighting. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was running away because he wanted to get away from Hooper – it was the only way. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Charles said, “How did he get away with it? How in hell did he get away with it? Nobody ever questioned it. Did you? Did I? Did my mother? Nobody did. Not even in Washington.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z —Writing in my book during guard change as I can get away with twenty minutes at a time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What I couldn’t figure was how she got away with it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In a panic I struggled to get away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To get away from the bitter regret that beset me I started to walk forward over the snow towards the ship. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z "Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to that." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z A car, trying to get away, was spinning its tires, stuck in the mud. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. That’s the one. She got away with something. I didn’t know it then.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her face glazed with tears, Hermione handed over her wand, and he left her sitting beside his bed, desiring nothing more than to get away from her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then, like a taut bow finding release, he sprang to his feet, shaking loose from Bigger and turning to get away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z You will probably think it silly that a nine-year-old boy should imagine he could get away with a trick like that, but I had sound reasons for trying it on. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s definitely some chemistry between us—so much, in fact, it gets overwhelming at times and I have to get away from her. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z When I said I couldn’t get away, he called me a thousand times that day insisting he had to see me or something awful would happen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My arm is wrenched behind my back and a man spits in my ear, “Trying to get away, were yeh?” his breath like licorice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She did not know how to reach the Brodas plantation, did not know in which direction to walk, assuming that she could have got away from the house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, I’d snuck out that time to see Maribel and had gotten away with it, so maybe I could pull it off again. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She had to get away before he came out into the corridor, perhaps to go to one of the locked rest rooms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was glad to get away from the wind. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t later than eight o’clock, and maybe we’d gotten away with it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come on, we need to get away from this door.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Bridges took the microphone and started pleading for order, but Coach Warner was screaming over him, screaming at the players who’d let Victor get away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But—” “Percy, the spiders getting away. Do you really want me to explain the exact details of how I was born?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “What if he was just trying to get away so he could detonate the last bomb?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Polite said, “Only five? You sure you done your counting right, boy? Much as y’all runged that bell, I’s expecting to come down here and see that half of Tennessee done got away.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Yes, I could get away with it, but certainly we all have the potential to commit the crime. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Might be the last time we can get away with it,” Bobbie adds, laughing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Then anger made Antinoos’ heart beat hard, and, glowering under his brows, he answered: “Now! You think you’ll shuffle off and get away after that impudence? Oh, no you don’t!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, when I told her about the train job, that she’d get away eveiy night I got back into Boston, and this would mean every other night, if I got the run I wanted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He got away before the storm came. I don’t know anything about the man except he’s a stupid, crazy, monstrous fool. I don’t know what to think.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z They would have found the acorn, the man would have got away quickly, the CCD men wouldn’t have arrested him, he’d still be alive.... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He saw a line of white smoke erupt, the gray troops waver and move back this way, stop, rifles begin to fall, men begin to run to the right, trying to get away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe’s eyes were heavy and he was considering how he could get away into the brush to sleep for a while. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The Chief had hold of the sleeve of her beaver coat, but she got away from him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He looked bemused, not angry, when he saw an infraction, and his look said to the inmate, “Did you really think you were going to get away with that?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t he see how badly I needed to get away from that awful house? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some blacks with education and skills, like Ida Wells-Barnett, had managed to get away to cities like New York or Philadelphia or Chicago. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Cruelty to punctuation is quite unlegislated: you can get away with pulling the legs off semicolons; shrivelling question marks on the garden path under a powerful magnifying glass; you name it. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z How he wanted to get away as quickly as we could. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z She stood up and crossed her arms, and I realized I was alone in the room with no witnesses and no mast to climb to get away. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “I think we should get away from ’em as soon as we can. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z We walk from lunch every day to this little copse of birch, where we can get away from the camp noise and talk. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a quarter till midnight before Naomi could get away from the bonfire. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Fee, who is my main man, said that I had black skin and white dreams, that all I wanted to do was to get away someplace and be with white people. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "She really ought to get away from him," resumed Catherine to me. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Gebu was gone, and he must not get away this time. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Nobody ever got away with calling Ken a poor sportsman. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to get away from my dad.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes she couldn’t stand it and had to move to one of the portals to get away from it all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had some big conference at the school that week and couldn’t get away, and Mom had just started a new job at the travel agency, so Gran volunteered to accompany me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nobody gets away with playing hooky from my schools.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “This what I’m thinking. We wait until she get away from DeVante, right? And then we...” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If you dont put down the knife and get away from the cart, the man said, I’m going to blow your brains out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then, even if I got away, I wouldn’t have anywhere to go. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If I could get through it, I'd find a million hiding places and maybe, just maybe, get away. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Someone like Matt could get away with that. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you do something? How can you let her get away with that?” she yelled as he pulled her to the other end of the garden. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He felt like he had to get away from here, if nothing else. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He had had to get away from it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I try to stand up to get away, but something has happened to me since I went back into surgery. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite wanting answers, Thomas was ready to get away from the Slammer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Only Blanca could get away with this because she had an angelic face that almost made you want to sing Alleluia. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I had to get away from T. Ray, who was probably on his way back this minute to do Lord-knows-what to me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He got away from Mr. Charrington and went down the stairs alone, so as not to let the old man see him reconnoiter- ing the street before stepping out of the door. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z I would crouch down, yelling at him to get away from there, but was too afraid to go over and pick him up—too afraid someone might see me and call my name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She edged toward the river as if she were about to run, but she wouldn’t have been able to get away on her tiny feet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain came on the intercom to tell them that he was going to try and gain some altitude, to get away from the storm. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But when we get away from the library, there are fewer people, and there's also traffic noise, so I'm not afraid to talk. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I got two half days a week at the adoption center at Zimmerman’s, which was my way of getting away from him. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He didn’t know how the boy could run that far and that fast carrying fifty pounds of clock and bronze, but the prisoner nearly got away. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so anxious to get away from the place I did not ask her why the exception. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I tell you she—” began the fat man, when someone else called out: “Don’t let the old cove in the cab get away. ’E put ’er up to it.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z I’d actually meant to write out something earlier, but the day had gotten away from me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z He muttered to himself, Have to get away. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She can get away with a little impertinence, with coltish liberties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “How did you ever manage to get away?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she calmed down and said sweetly, “Will, I feel terrible about this. Your mother must go, by all means. She needs to get away. Anyhow, it’s her trip.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Going like this I wasn’t never going to get away from this doggone city. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z So he figured if he got away from me, they’d stop. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z If Cardan had, he would never have let me get away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But what if you could not run fast enough to get away? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The gawkers fell over themselves to get away, and some were trampled. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I should have known he wouldn’t let me get away that easily. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z As far as the school was concerned, he had gotten away with it, and he graduated with his class—and his Band-Aids. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He got away with everything because of the extraordinary kind of person he was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm on to you, Jemmy-From-The-Streets. It's pure spite that you won't howl! Think you can cross me and get away with it? Ha! Never and nohow!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Clayton pushed through some brown and gold sweaters to get away from the cellist and her friends. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I ran, and ran, and ran, but I could never quite get away. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I got away with it because I had my own room at the far end of the hall, whereas my brothers all had to share, and they would have tattled in a red-hot second. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “It’s just been so busy this morning, I couldn’t get away early enough.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had to get away from this guy. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z ‘Well, Mr. Frodo,’ said Sam, ‘I’ve been having a look round and thinking a bit. There’s nothing on the roads, and we’d best be getting away while there’s a chance. Can you manage it?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "You stand in the doorway in case it gets away from me!" he told the guard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z ‘Come out, you two, and let us get away. Now we know who made the path — and we had better get off it quick.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I just wanted to get away from them fast. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Will and Lyra didn’t stop to look; they stumbled over the rough ground at a crouch, intent only on getting away unseen. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The team is popping with impatience to get away. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z My mom says, “Your father and I are glad to have this time with you, honey. It’s good for all of us to get away.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And when the mouse tried to get away, Winn-Dixie put his paw right on the mouse’s tail. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “You look stunning. But little girlfriend, you’re so pretty you can get away with any color you choose.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “You were always leaving your greasy little fingerprints all over it! Why do you always assume you can get away with things?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You always seem like you’re trying to get away from me.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I knew that my readers would not let me get away with concluding GGS without saying anything about this obvious question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And she had a green sharkskin blazer that Park would wear himself if he thought he could get away with it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby said: “But why did they want to catch you? And how did you ever get away again?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I am scared of the monsters and run and run to get away, but no matter how fast or how far I run, I can never escape them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He directs plays and found a girlfriend at his work. A beautiful actress from one of his productions. My mom decided we needed to get away from California and my father...so here we are.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Not to mention that I hear from multiple sources that you’re the smartest kid in the family. I think that you thought you could get away with it. Why? Did you want their money?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z If he could have got away from it by creeping into a rat’s hole, he would have done so. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Got to get away from here,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lina, wanting to get away from this is perfectly understandable. But like your father said, we must all stay together. It’s very important.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He thought: "I wonder when we shall get away again." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I have to get away, back to the stairs, before I dissolve entirely. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I add to my list: if you want to get away from someone, cf>eck your watch and say- Sorry, gotta go!' Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him she thought it would be a good idea to get away from Clarkston and from Prince and some of his other friends who were dropping out of school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Burnham had asked Olmsted to join him for the meeting, aware that in New York the landscape architect’s reputation exerted a force like gravity, but Olmsted could not get away. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They don't care enough to stop him, but he's not getting away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Running errands had never been high on my list of fun things to do, but at least it gave me a chance to breathe some fresh air and get away from Mama’s watchful eye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Even though I told him to get away from me, there is something pulling me closer to him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Suddenly, I was struggling to get away from him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He would turn his back on all this darkness, all this hurt, and finally get away from it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She might have gotten away with leaving the light on, but it wasn't worth the risk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I was happy to get away from Lake Mag, although I protested. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The girls moved off, as if to get away from Hanako. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Yet I was in a frenzy to reach that open lawn, to run for the bushes, to get away from the cage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “But now I know they split up because my mom cheated. And you knew, because your parents moved to get away from her and try to mend their family. Your family.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z For it was Justin, along with Jenner, who finally figured out how to get away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I played the slave, minded my manners probably more than I had to because I wasn’t sure what I could get away with. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If I heard any activity, I was going to duck back and try to get away again without being seen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I can hurt you and get away with it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But just when I thought I was going to get away, the creaky machinery of his face began to grind and a cardboard dawn of recognition was lowered, with jerks, from the dusty proscenium. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "I thought he got away," I said quietly. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Only a few people take them, and those who don’t get a sad-faced doodle drawn, digitally, on the back of their heads as they get away. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Ivan’s was even shorter, but as a fool, he could get away with that kind of thing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I came to school one time and found my usual friends, and someone was telling the others about how they just got away with shoplifting. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The man took one look at the motley crew and frantically paddled his canoe toward the shore, desperately trying to get away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cadaver told me about her and my father writing to each other, and about how my father needed to get away from Bybanks for a while. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z I wanted to slide under her wings and get away from Mami. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “However,” Toby continued, “this is not a matter of plain and simple finking. Letting you Egyptians get away with all this secret stuff just might be considered—like, unpatriotic, or something.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was completely outnumbered,” Kirkley said, so his attackers got away with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” she said, her forehead crinkled with concern, “because people keep getting away with it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was going to give the family time to get away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If she’d had the right ID on her when they first questioned her she might have got away with it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I think some of the parents didn’t even like kids—they just thought it was a status symbol to break the Population Law and get away with it.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z “Because they always get away with it,” Moss shot back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It was like getting away with biting Blessington’s neck all over again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “This is killing me—I’ll never get away from this bug,” she said to him. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb higher to get away from the seeking tip of the highest tentacle. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Lady Catherine had been rendered so exceedingly angry by the contents of her nephew’s letter, that Charlotte, really rejoicing in the match, was anxious to get away till the storm was blown over. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He had no reason to be there that day; he had simply wanted to be alone, away from busy Village, and had gone into Forest to get away, as he did sometimes. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z He was not much interested in where he was going, but he must get away from that house, and from Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I flip to my rule collection and add: if you want to get away with something, don t announce it first. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He thrashed wildly, more a reflex than an attempt to get away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Now I want you to listen very carefully. I’m going to need you to get away from your friends; do you think you can do that? Answer yes or no.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Years at Thurmond had taught me to stop believing I could ever get away from the life people were so eager to set for me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Maybe it’s best that we move. At least we’ll get away from him.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then you peeled away, causing the door to slam shut, picking up speed the further you got…and you got away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Funny, just this minute he didn't want much to get away from the island...To go back to the mainland, back to his little house, back to all the troubles and worries. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Alf was an expert in people who wanted to get away from him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not here to talk, Donna. Kasim must’ve had some of Dray’s other boys with him and they got away. Dray knows exactly what went down. We need a plan.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He bent under the disappointed moon, hands braced on his knees, panting into the warm summery air, wanting to give himself a beating for letting the man get away. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z "Right. I heard him shouting after Tariq, 'Stop, get back here.' So I tried to stop him from getting away." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z No one even hinted that we should try to get away. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The man yelled at me, “Boy! You best get away from me ’fore I kills you! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I think it was called I See Your Naked Blood Naked'' Miss Ohio tossed bark peels into the fire. “The main girl has to strip down to her underwear to get away from the killer.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I stand up to get ready to push her off before walking back to the hatch, to get away from the scene of the crime. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “I can only stay for a few seconds because it’s so hot. And I have to get away quickly because if a steam explosion happens while I’m there...well...” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to get away from the TV. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z ‘I wish we could get away!’ said Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z No way in hell, he’d say, was he letting a fine broad like that get away from him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He knows he didn’t knock, but he’ll always try to get away with it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We had all seen cops get away with far worse, so why would this be any different? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Anything to get away from what was really happening. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t let his hat get away from him, and the train was moving fast. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z I could go another couple of days before I ran out of oxygen, and getting away from the storm is pretty important. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to hurt or worry my parents, but I needed to get away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Breathing hard, skimming away as fast as she could, she got away from everyone before she sat down on a little patch of dry, sunny ground. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It’s actually hard to tell if he would have preferred the gunman to get away simply to prove his car isn’t so useless. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The children claw at him up on his bicycle and he kicks at them, Jesus, will ye get away from me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From time to time she longed to get away from Cange and its desolation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The atmosphere around the table had become one of deep embarrassment, and curious as we were to hear more, we wanted most for the talk to get away from this dodgy territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z If you can replace the word with “they are”, then the word is they’re: They’re not going to get away with this. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z She would get off in a stop or two and walk over to Broadway and catch the right train, once she had gotten away, even if it meant paying another fare. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a relief to get away from the felled trees, and from the disturbing older uglies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t cry. Let’s get away from here to where we can talk alone.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Goddard’s becoming untouchable. He can get away with anything. I wish someone would have had the foresight to glean him as a child. The world would be better off.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was the only way she had managed to get away so quickly, and with no trouble. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we get away from the warren, I’m not going to let Bigwig run everything, or why bother to go?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z And if she were having an affair, she might need to get away to clear her head, mightn’t she? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But he kept walking backward, like he couldn’t get away from me fast enough. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And now, in a town where he’d sought to get away from it all, he had somehow backed into a showdown. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By now my English was good enough to get away with such a cocky response. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “But I would walk with pleasure. I want to get away at once.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I could never get away with talking to her like that. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Yes; they could have robbed the store and could have gotten away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Sitting in rows in the center of the room are some of the Erudite who didn’t get away, and the Dauntless traitors who survived. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Sarah had cornered me once and said, “What you let her talk to you like that for? She can’t get away with it with nobody else.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z For two pins he'd make an excuse and get away...Throw up the whole business... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Then all the little bees in their bright yellow jackets came swarming out with their red-hot stings, and they hurt Charley so that he couldn’t get away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. You guys get away okay?” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Here he was with a gun ready to kill people to prove that he wasn’t queer, and I was ready to kill people because I wanted to get away from home. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I think these two gentlemen just want to get away from our crowded fort and go exploring. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They’d used this path to catch the Queen of the Laughing Locusts as she was trying to get away and hatch more of her chuckling children. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The men and women who settled there had come to get away from oppression in their homeland. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Don’t let it get away, because it only comes every hundred years.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She had to get away before they showed up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z We fought and he got away, though the dæmon is wounded. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But in the end, I never told you to get away…and you didn’t. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z If he did get away from the central, then why did he come bade? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m trying to make a place where so-called bad ones could come when they wanna get away from the world or even themselves. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Broken ankle or no, every nerve in her body pulsed with fear, telling her to get away from the huge spider hovering over her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I hadn’t exactly planned it that way, but the more serious things got at camp, the more I found myself needing to call up Rachel and get away, just for some breathing room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He did manage to get our keys back so we could get away from the evac center—and he seems to genuinely want to help us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z "The evil doctor is going to get away!" Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All this time, trying to get away from the heaviness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt a flicker of excitement—the first since the massacre—about the prospect of getting away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But a few times he took me by surprise before I could get away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Petey found herself pondering the ways in which she might annihilate other people and get away with it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “He got away. This woman came out the store and got everything mixed up, and she and him run around the comer into the Quarter.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh well, we’ll just have to live with them. But one thing’s for sure: My parents didn’t get away.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z To this day, I have always marveled at how Rudy, somehow, got the word, and I know he must have caught the first thing smoking out of Boston, and he got away. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Running or not, they needed to get away from their captors. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “They—they’re trying to get away from the water,” he stammered, hoping it was true. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z How she’d brush Seven off after, when really she was just trying to get away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She’s also a mariner in the first scene; she can get away with this because of her height. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Art is what you can get away with, said somebody or other, which makes it sound like shoplifting or some other minor crime. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, the Boss was going to give himself up, to help me get away, but I couldn’t have made it through the forest” “Why not?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He didn’t even like being in it, not even to get away from his grandma. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He was trying to get away from ... something. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But as soon as the deputies asked if anyone wanted to press charges, the entire bar acted like they couldn’t get away fast enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I just mean...he’ll get away with it. He always gets away with it.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The bird flapped and tried to get away, but Horace held on tight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I looked at the hot dog man, the cheapest thing around—you wouldn’t get away from him without forking over three or four bucks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I could have shot a dozen of them before they got away if I’d thought to bring my gun along. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "Think you can get away with something like that, boy?" he shouts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If the pillar is the sun, then these tables are like the orbits the planets take, making bigger and bigger circles the farther you get away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But best of all, I had my excuse to get away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught up with Citra quickly, which told him she really wasn’t trying all that hard to get away. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I swim to get away from Josh Raymond, and my cheating father, and Violet’s involved parents who are also her friends, and my sad, deserted mother, and my bones. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If I drift around for another hundred years or so, I might find another fish as big as the one that got away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Costumed men and women surged past, screaming and pushing each other, trying to get away from the arena. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He’s breaking the rules, under their noses, thumbing his nose at them, getting away with it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neville, ” Ron exploded, “get away from that hole and don’t be an idiot —” “Don’t you call me an idiot!” said Neville. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She didn’t know I had to get away from a monster. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z But if I gaffed a large fish in the stomach or tail, it would often get away with a twist and a forward spurt of speed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t believe they used to let people get away with this.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z I jump to my feet and lunge for a rake: Right now, what matters most is getting away from Keenan. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I hugged her and got away from her quickly so that she wouldn’t see that I was close to tears. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “My town’s pretty rough, that’s why my parents have been sending me here since I was eight, so I could get away for the summer.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He shook his fists at them and told them that he wanted to get away from Earth; anybody with any sense wanted to get away from Earth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Shoji feels what I feel—the urgency to get away. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z To get away from the monks and the rules and the chores and the life that pinched like tight shoes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When Fletcher got away from the pick I released and started across the key. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z I moved closer to the throne, eager to get away from those creatures. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Other food, get away! I wish only to remember the generosity and kindness of Lady du Burgh!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Moving every day also keeps the cows healthier, because they can get away from their droppings, which can contain unhealthy parasites. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The Hideout was there when I needed to get away from my parents’ arguments. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z That school has gotten away from me, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to get away from the booklet and from them and any talk of the future. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Because you gave us so much time to get away—” Liam snapped. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z "He broke into Epsteins' tonight, right through the front window. They saw him, but he got away." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I did not come here to drink with you. Now get away from my table.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My wife refers to herself as the Texan that got away, but that is only partly true. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If she ever, for a moment, had a chance to get away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As if she knew how to get away with anything. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They walked to Uganda to get away from the fighting, going south as I went east with Abraham. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s definitely too old to be carried but he gets away with it. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Jamie felt that letting Claudia know that she couldn’t get away with shoving him in public was more important than his curiosity. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He lost his hold on my hand for a moment, but caught my arm before I could get away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Once outside, I plunged into the mass of people in the square, pushing and dodging to get away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Talked about and talked about until their voices were hoarse—always imagining what it would feel like the moment they knew were getting away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I could easily get away with the perfect crime. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z That was exactly how I felt that fall—criminal, and worse, one who'd gotten away with it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "And she would never have a chance to get away from Germany...I was afraid of that." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z They wanted only to get away, far away, before the being who had been summoned like a dog turned and devoured them all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “A storm is coming. It scares me. I would do anything to get away.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Harry couldn’t get away; whenever he tried to sidle over to the staircase up to the dormitories, the crowd around him closed ranks, forcing another butterbeer on him, stuffing crisps and peanuts into his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I've been getting away with it up to this point because of the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I was mindful that these might not be my people and that I might need to get away again. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Chess wanted so badly to get away from this strange, unfamiliar street. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z To do this at least three men were needed, and even then the sea elephant often dragged the net into the sea and got away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you get away with it,” said the pilot in Dunbar’s squadron, stealing out of sight into the shadows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The horses can smell the tiger scent and begin neighing and curvetting, trying to get away from it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I rise up from the couch to get away from any potential telepathy—when the yelling reaches us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z If he did not break her of the habit right now, she would try to get away with it all the time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z It was the only place on campus I knew about where we could get away from everyone else. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My breath hitches, and the kids fall over one another as they scramble to get away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Sorry, little man, but I can’t let the union get away with striking over nothing.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a good thing that ever since Jermaine had gone, she had let me get away with more stuff that I didn’t used to get away with. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z If you really want to get away from stress, I thought, why not turn off the phones, read a book, go swimming? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “If you want to drink it when you get away from my house, then drink it. But in my house you won’t touch it. The caffeine’s bad for you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I can hurt you and get away with it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He himself, however, was determined to hear them, and he proposed that the crew should tie him to the mast so strongly that he could not get away however much he tried. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I fled the forest as fast as possible, trying to get away from the giant magic eye. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Whoever had murdered these men had seemed to get away scot-free. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “And we have gotten away from the war.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe they got away—I don’t know. I stayed to find my husband and bury my baby.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Just as the latter was getting uneasy some workmen came past the door bound for his restaurant and Michaelis took the opportunity to get away, intending to come back later. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Only Fern could get away with tugging on Pa like that, although I also wanted to know. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I want you just to see that he doesn’t get away—or hurt himself. Understand? Take care of yourself.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But when Nailer thought about it, most of those words and ideas just seemed like good excuses for people to behave badly and think they could get away with it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z That old fish couldn’t get away, but we couldn’t move him out. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But there had been no way to get away from the digging, no chance for a trip to Tyler to get the train tickets. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Don’t know why exactly, just to get away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He’d just say, “Hello, Timothy,” or “It’s a fine day, isn’t it, Timothy?” and I’d say, “Yes, sir,” or something like that and get away as soon as I could. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “CO, get away from my cell,” he’d yell when I walked by. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then all three of the Gustano kids clustered around the phone, screaming into it, “Mom! Mom! We got away from the kidnappers!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I couldn't believe anyone could get away with telling her mom to shut up. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I want to get away from her and I can think of only one way, to make myself sick and go to the hospital. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z All at once she couldn’t wait to get away, but Flatnose had paused in the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Mr. Grin wasn’t going to let him get away so easily. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I slide on my bottom, unable to get away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd promised to come at midnight if he could get away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I get under the table to get away from her eyes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the benefits of looking innocent is you’re able to get away with things. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He said he couldn’t risk her getting away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Here for a few minutes he could get away from the swearing and cuffing of his superiors and the malice of the grooms. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z To get away from the violence, Poppy moved his family first to Harlan County, Kentucky, and then, when battles erupted there, to McDowell County, where he went to work in the Gary mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And, honestly, I was eager to get away from him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And the girl ran outside, jumped on her bicycle, and in her hurry to get away, she fell before she even reached the comer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z People call New York a cesspool, but New Yorkers would never knuckle under to intolerance and let some lowlife get away with drawing swastikas. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He moved each foot carefully because the sound of rocks rolling down and dry branches breaking would echo in the canyon, and if they were close enough, they would know he was getting away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I kept going, glad to get away from him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He tells us to be quick so they don’t get away, demonstrating by plunging his shovel straight down in the ground, then heaving clumps of wet sand away. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They were going to get away with it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “I know, Mom,” I replied with as much huffiness in my voice as I thought I could get away with. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sherman wanted to light the fuse, but I worried whether he could get away from it fast enough. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Letting out a loud shrill cry, I squirm out of his grasp and kick to get away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Octavian, get away from the onager. That isn’t safe.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Most blacks did not have the resources to get away to more sanitary conditions. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If Shagrat got away, he would soon get help and come back. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He never really showed up to class anymore, and I wasn’t sure how he was getting away with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Don’t let her get away, his grandmother had said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Jesper could never tell how much of what Kaz got away with was smarts and planning and how much was dumb luck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He jerked at the chain and tried to get loose, not to get away from the dogs but to get at them—I mean, it was complete insanity. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Hermione told Harry that it would do him good to get away from the castle for a bit, and Harry didn’t need much persuasion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I just can’t get away right now, Dad. It’s my work. I’m in the middle of a serious outbreak of disease.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once I’m outside the house there is no getting away from them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a freak of nature,” I told her, but I was laughing too hard to get away, and then she was lying on top of me, smothering me in giggles and egg guts. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I knew I should never get away from the bully unless I bluffed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He would kill a gosling if he could get away with it—the goose knew that. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But before we got away from the buildings, we saw a group of slave children gathered around a tree stump. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Hands are grabbing at me, and I'm fighting to get away. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The three who got away would split up and hide. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Even now, I’m afraid she’s going to tell me to get away from her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z They wanted to see if Joe could get away with it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I have but one desire, to get away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no getting away from him now. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We just wanted to get out of there, to get away and reach our destination in safety. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z I tried to get away from my thoughts, but they still came. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They instructed me to pull open the window once I’d gotten into the bathroom so they could help me get away if I needed to. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And all the greedy and unkind thoughts you ever had, they know ’em all, and they shame you up and they make you feel sick with yourself...But you can’t get away from ’em.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Lolly, man, you gonna let him get away with calling you and Cyril coconuts?” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Thomas was more than happy to get away from the house, and headed back toward the tree. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z "Things could be a lot worse. I did get away from them. I'm still alive. So is Bruno." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “How can they keep getting away with it?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The guests in the hallway shrieked and shoved at each other, trying to get away from the mess. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Olly gestures for her to get away, but she ignores him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Just so the herdsman clapped his arms around Telemakhos and covered him with kisses—for he knew the lad had got away from death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t the purpose of a college degree to get away from the need to work dirty and difficult jobs? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He walked west rapidly, to get away from the crowd of people still waiting, and made it home without incident. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Then he dropped on all fours and, growling, he chased Laura and Mary all around the room, trying to get them cornered where they couldn’t get away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was just an excuse for us to get away from each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Which is probably why he can get away with anything. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z "Jason, we'd better get away from this race. She probably heard that we snuck out of the hospital. And this race is really crowded. There are a lot of eyeballs here." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z After school, Twig invited me back to her house, which we figured we could get away with under the pretense of doing our frog lab reports. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He would have, for revenge. I fought back, actually hurt him. I can’t believe he’d let me get away with that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They surrounded the covert but the sow got away with the sting of another spear in her flank. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They must get away, because dangerous as the Tartars were, far more dangerous were the adults of Bolvangar. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was ordered to halt on pain of being shot at, but he kept right on and got away. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Carlos was always trying to get away with something, or at least he used to be like that before enlisting, but Alex found that rules imposed a structure, and he preferred that. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Do you think we could get away with it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Two of them got away, but we caught them later on. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I figured it out, how to live in the city and get away at the same time. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I could totally get away if he starts chasing me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “How will you get away from the rest of us?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And there I was, couldn’t even get away from the store to protect my own Mother. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not even looking round no more for ways to get away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But I was young and trying to get away from my family and plus I discovered Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But no one woke up and in the silence that followed, I understood the nature of my new curse: I was going to get away with it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Markie smells like all that, plus he’s so freaking hyper and chatty that I know why his parents make such a fuss about “date night” just to get away from him once a week. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to get away from all the labels. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew by the time he got around the counter I could get away. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. But we’re not going to let them get away with it.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Sucks when they get away with it, too.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Logic urged me to run, get away, but something kept me there. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z I learned to tell lies to get away from her when I thought I was about to explode. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "If you get rich, you can get away with anything you want. And you can get anything you want too." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I spot an empty seat and I wonder if I can get away with just sitting down like I’ve been here all year. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I must have slept well, because she got away from me. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Later he recalled, “I told her I thought he was a bad lot and that she had better have little to do with him and get away from him as soon as possible.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z ‘I can’t abide fog,’ said Sam; ‘but this seems to be a lucky one. Now perhaps we can get away without those cursed goblins seeing us.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “You had to get away from your dad,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ranofer turned and left abruptly, forgetting to mumble so much as a “Live forever” in his haste to get away. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Troopers waded into the crowd, swinging their nightsticks as people trying to get away screamed and stumbled over one another. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d made a copy weeks earlier, in case he lost the original, and it had somehow gotten away from him between the copy store and Powell’s. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Outside the store she shows me what she’s gotten away with. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He was the only person I knew who could get away with saying something like that to Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As a known hustler, it’s also the easiest game in town to get away with—no contraband for the cops to find if they frisk you. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “They must have gotten away on foot. Hell, do you think we have to follow them?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z His body is shaking all over, but he don’t try to get away, don’t creep off from me the way he did that first day. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looking to get away from someone, I suspect,” the blacksmith said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow wondered how they had gotten to the House on the Rock without their own transportation, and how they were going to get away again, but he said nothing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z So they couldn’t use magic to get away from this thing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z "I know it's not much," she says as if embarrassed, "but I had to get away from the Cornucopia fast." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z And if the killers get away with it, the story becomes even bigger. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I began to run again, with no goal but to get away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z If only his father knew that he hadn’t just ventured to find a champion to win gold, but also to get out—to get away from him, for as long as he could manage. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He’d promised to finish a book he was writing and needed to get away from the daily, ongoing demands of leadership in the civil rights movement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She’d probably be like, what are you doing, I don’t know you, get away from me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z I couldn’t let her stand up to me and get away with it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I thought about the marsh—not the poppet grabbing me, but what had happened when I tried to get away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “He’s gonna get away with it, isn’t he?” he asked her, and the tears spilled out and down his cheeks. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He says you cannot beat up somebody in jail and expect to get away with it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d seen how when a mouse gets grabbed up by a cat, it won’t fight or twitch or do nothing to try to get away. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When Maniac slipped silently from the house at dawn — the only way he’d ever manage to get away — March pounced with cold and nasty paws. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z To get away from the rain, Roy dashed into the wooden kiosk. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say, if they do let you get away with it, they’ll have to let the rest of us get away with it, won’t they?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, you won’t get away with your swanky ways here,” the man said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And how had they gotten away with it, if the body was in the hall? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Momma gives him one of her sweet looks that usually make me and Hana roll our eyeballs right out of our heads, but tonight we let her get away with it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I laughed along with Finny, my best friend, and also unique, able to get away with anything at all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z "I thought I'd never see you again! I'm so happy you got away!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Had I been paying attention, I might have somehow got away before Willow was—as always—successful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a terrible time, these past four months, and we wanted to get away from the city. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I hold him, but Ford flops and squirms and pushes, bucking like a bronco, trying to get away from me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z During high school I used to wander out to the garage from the house to read or just get away after one of the countless arguments I had with my father. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My father hadn’t even tried to get away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Normally, he’d jump back, but she came at him with such conviction, such force, that he couldn’t get away in time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It was manywhite and thick and textured, paint climbing on itself as if it wanted to get away from the canvas, away from the floor underneath the canvas, even. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Your idea about getting away from the ogre by sledding on that rusted shield was a very good one. You saved us both that day.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z If he thought he could get away with an excuse like that, he had picked the wrong administrator. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I got away with a lot of shortcuts because I only had to survive twenty-two sols. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when I called Sophia in Boston, she said she couldn’t get away until the following weekend. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Missus Nedraw said, “No. More like a prison warden. Now please go collect that mirror before it gets away.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Now he’s finally stable, and I wanted to get away so badly I didn’t think about the price tag. I’m blowing a lot of cash here I shouldn’t blow.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If she wanted, she could start trying for distance like Jenkins or maybe Sherrie, to get away from him now before it’s too late. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s get away from the road and then we see,” Caesar said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Of course, he did not know whether Runcorn was sufficiently important to get away with this, and even if he managed it, Hermione’s non-reappearance might trigger a search before they were clear of the Ministry.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Mr. Loomis watched; at last, having seen that the dog could not get away, he turned and went back into the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “It may be dangerous and it may not, but I’m taking no chances with it. Let’s get away.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve tried out all sorts of different ways to get away with my being in the Free Lunch Program. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He dreaded going back to work with Winston the Butcher and knew he needed to eat lunch, but he didn’t want to be near anybody for as long as he could get away with it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I wrap my feet around his back so he can’t get away. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’d planned to “fill in the blanks” during the explanation, like a lot of people do...but there’s no getting away with that now. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He feels selling his eggs or chickens in a chain supermarket supports the industrial food industry, the very thing he is trying to get away from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z I sometimes have trouble believing in it, because it doesn’t seem like the kind of life I could ever get away with, or deserve. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The man threw up red flags, but Wes had dealt to people like that before and gotten away with it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The lifeboats had managed to get away from the ship, but not very far. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z She said, “You think I’m a lucky charm because Mabel got away. But I ain’t. You saw me. You saw what happens when you get a thought in your head.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When you got away from the quay you could almost forget that there was a crisis on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And then I stomped off toward the gym, knowing I wouldn’t be able to get away from him now. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Juanita, in the front seat, was busy trying to get away from the beast—a Great Dane. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I felt better when I got away from Miles, like the revelation I’d had in the chemistry classroom had been nothing but a dream, and I’d woken up from it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z As if sensing danger, the bird croaks louder and struggles to get away but to no avail. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They began to plan people’s lives and libraries; they began to instruct and push about the very people who had come to Mars to get away from being instructed and ruled and pushed about. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear, my days are like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole with these kids. Think they can get away with everything.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was my getting away from the steadying hand of the sea, and also perhaps I was getting very far north. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The anxious flying fish got away, just missing my net, but the dorado hit the gunnel like a cannonball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It was a cheeky thing for a sixteen-year-old to say to his principal, but Pete was the one kid in Torrance who could get away with such a remark, and make it persuasive. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “It got away. This one is much more reliable.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He sees me too, but this time he doesn't seem in a hurry to get away, even though there's only five minutes until the bell rings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z "The Nazis are monsters. How can they get away with torture?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z And I need to get away, so I can stop feeling guilty about what happened between my parents. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She had to get away, someplace far from here, someplace safe away from the stableboy's accusing eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The chicken was trying hard to get away again. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He was thinking: need the long quiet again, want to get away from here. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I said you wouldn't be able to get away.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Alba thought she was choking, and pushed him with such force that she managed to get away from him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she could get away now, if only for a few minutes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Why? I mean, we kind of got away with it.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I slam open my closet door to grab my coat and scarf and gloves, wanting to get away from all of this. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But in El Mangle, we couldn’t get away from the stench. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Chou, don’t let them beat you up! Don’t let them think they can get away with it,” I tell her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just to get away from it all—the World Championship imbroglio and the constant stalking of him by reporters and photographers—Bobby took a two-month cruise by himself around the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Repatriate, if they can get away with it,” said my father, stopping abruptly when he saw me in the doorway. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “It ain’t written down anywhere how to respond to a thing like that. I tole Dee, I said, ‘You needed to get away for a while, and then you come back.’ Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Not when oil well millionaires and timberlands owners and god-knows-who-else get away with murder and pay nothing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z You can see the whites of her eyes, and she's not even trying to get away anymore. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Not many people can get away with talking about your family like that, but Kat can. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The guard was not discouraged by my attempts to get away from his probing hands and I would have squirmed to the driver’s seat had not Dad opened the door and got in. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “We need to get away from here and out of this rut. Just the three of us. We need to regroup.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A woman usually got away with things a man never could. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “They stole from us,” he said angrily, “and they got away with it. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Little sighed and said some day he hoped to get away from business long enough to see all those fine things. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But I’m not letting her get away from this moment. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was something terrible that you couldn’t get your hands on, yet you couldn’t get away from. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Then I is guzzling ten or twenty more of you midgy little maggots down there! You is not getting away from me because I is galloping fifty times faster than you!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She had hoped her friend would stay, but couldn’t blame him for wanting to get away from this place as fast as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It would be a small meeting, for of the twenty-two original members many had already left town to get away from the threat of arrest by the British. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He leads me back into the house, and I let him, because I know there’s no point fighting now, I won’t get away from him here. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Grampa wanted me to say that Dad missed him too, that he wanted to come to Greenwood and just couldn’t get away from work, that someday we’d all be back here again. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Part of that book, part of it, quick now, quick, before it gets away, before the shock wears off, before the wind dies. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a captive, sir. I couldn’t get away even if I had a safe place to flee to. From now on, I’m harmless, you can take my word for that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Turtle could not let him get away with that, even if it was true. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t leave me here on this terrible world, I’ve got to get away; there’s going to be an atom war! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they got away from the car exhaust on the main roads, the air smelled of baking bread and freshly cut flowers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Godless as I am, I pray she’s got away with it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “How did you get away from the skeletons in the generator room, anyway? You said they cornered you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Hope she won’t be in too much trouble again now—though she seems to have got away with it this time. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Once you got away from all the jillions of people, Florida was just as wild as Montana. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z All she wanted was to get away from here. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “Anything to get away from this trash. I hope the smell isn’t sticking to me.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z All of these activities helped to pass the time, and the weeks went by quickly, but they did not lessen our longing to get away. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t. I wanted it whole, so we could get away. You were the one who broke it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If a photographer could tail her so easily, without being caught, couldn’t the psychopath who got away with throwing acid into Nicole Castro’s face just as easily sneak right up on her again? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She tried to turn against the tide, to get away while there was still time, but she was caught in the chattering, laughing trap of factory girls pushing themselves forward into the new day. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z They seemed eager to get away from us and back into their bus. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Woman who cries all the time is only because she knows she can get away with it,” he had scribbled. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat up and began to retreat, crawling on hands and knees to the far end of the cave to get away from us, and so we kept singing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I couldn't get away from that, and Hambro didn't have to deal with it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Revenge. We’ve got to avenge this wrong on our future, on our health, and on our lives. Nobody’s going to sicken my children and get away with it.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Time had gotten away from her, but she was still ahead of her schedule for the day. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Everyone pushed forward, the people to gape and the guards to act as the emperor bellowed, “Get her! She is not to get away!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s all my stored-up hurt feelings, but no way am I going to let Julia get away with saying stuff like that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I think of saying my mother is sick, but my mother is so obviously healthy I know I won’t get away with this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was four o’clock before we finally got away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It had been a place to get away to—a private lair—a secret seclusion meant to be shared with best friends only—a life unknown to grown-ups and lived by kids alone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Father would get away; the cow-boys might even let him go after a while. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If more people were coming for the book, they had to get away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I saw water. Quite a lot of it, through the trees Emma’s face clouded. She said, “We’re trying to get away from the sea, not back to it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And I thought I could get away with it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma counted the episode as a hard lesson, and vowed not to let any player, no matter how talented, get away with breaking team rules. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But today I have to get away from Oscar. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I tried to get away, and I wanted to yell, but the fear wouldn’t let me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I let her get away with it that time. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s ridiculous and I know it, but right now, the compulsion is to get away from them before I wear out whatever welcome I still have. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z If I was about to get away she’d yell, “Stop! Thief!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I just wanted to get away as fast as I could. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Even the most dedicated troupes have an occasional lackluster performance, especially when they know they can get away with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Wren had lived among the Indians...and had gotten away with it in remarkable shape,” White told Hoover, adding that his undercover men seemed to be able to “withstand the rigor of the life.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They lived close to New Jersey and had to get away, though they had no idea where they'd go. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Before he could get away, I scrambled up and jumped on his back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t care about what she might run into or what direction she was going—all she wanted was to get away from that noise. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I babbled an apology and tried to get away, but she was talking too, and rubbing her swollen belly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He had, however, managed to get away from Lee and, moving south, had come up to the town of Petersburg. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now come on. The spider is getting away!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z One got away, but the other was beaten by the crowd. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he didn’t have to! We should have got away without that.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It opened its mouth wide and reared up on its back paws, trying to get away from me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But if we let some of the hens brood, to increase our flock, we might get away with frying a rooster once a month or so. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “He didn’t have to. It was in his eyes. He said it with his eyes. There’s nowhere I can go to get away—there’s no place.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, but that’s absurd. There’s no need to look a fool. With your appearance, my dear Maxim, you could get away with any costume. You don’t have to worry about your figure like poor Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I can’t get away, she thought, and looked down; she saw one face clearly, and the name came into her mind. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z From time to time, Don Victor, when he can get away from his young girls, will stop by to see to things and give me my monthly wages. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And if I could drop her out there in that wide sandy wash, there’d be no danger of a fire getting away from us. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “How are we ever going to get away?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For such small, unsteady organisms, the babies sure could get away from you fast. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Doctorita will grin her evil grin, knowing she got away with murder. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like studying for the college entrance exams, exams he would need to ace if he had any hope of going away, getting away, though the thought of going made his stomach clench. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Now get away from me before I run over you with this cart.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother told me to get away from the window and go about my work, but I didn’t. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had known from the beginning, he always knew, though he twisted and turned in his mind, trying to get away from whatever drove him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The cat got away from them in the tall weeds but they kept the stones because they were perfect in weight, shape, and size for throwing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells them that Stephen cannot continue to get away with this psychological torment. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Much later, when we were getting ready for bed, Caroline said, “I’ve got to get away from here before she runs me nuts.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He took other things from them as well, and he left that place and he left those dwarfs, who were, all things considered, happy enough to have gotten away with their lives. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Maybe it isn’t really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom and get away with it, even as far as death. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been unable to get away from his work at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the convicts managed to get away. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Who am I, screaming uncontrollably now and blocking him as he tries to get away? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “The one that got away climbed out over there.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I let him get away with that compromise. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That girl with the big curly hair did everything she could to get away from that place. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Eliza scolded him, but he wouldn’t let go, and he’s so big and strong she couldn’t get away from him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised dyed green hands in front of his face and squealed at her to get away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I pushed through the turnstile to get away from them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z ‘But don’t ask any more now! Let’s get away at once!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z But looking around, I could see that to get away I would have to fight against the crowd and make a scene, something else a colored man knew not to do. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What I did know was that I wanted to get away from home, away from Harlem, away from anyone in the world who might care to ask what I would be doing with my life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z His hand shot out and grabbed her by the neck as she tried to get away. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I’m always glad to see one of you get away,” he said softly to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That man! I never saw anybody get away like he did this morning.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I had been hoping that, if they caught Hamilton or not, I had gotten away without a trace. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Tyler seems to be the only one who got away unscathed...but then Justyce sees him shake out his right hand. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “How can the pancake people get away with this?” demanded another. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And as you probably suspected, the reason John gets away with all these things is because he’s extremely handsome. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t need your permission to rent a room or do business in the street. Now get away from me or I’ll show you firsthand what sort of trouble my kind can be.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I pushed it away, I wanted to get away from it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She needed to get away from here right away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z All I want to do is get away from the house, from the reminder that there is no place for me at the Court, no place for me in Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It made her hate him suddenly, hate him for leaving so fast, so soon, like he couldn’t wait to get away from all of them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All he could think of was how badly he wanted to get away from his father with his twitchy eyes and fast, high smile, the face of a man deep in his slide. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If they could fly their warship into the Roman Colosseum with ballistae blazing and not even cause a traffic slowdown, he figured they could get away with anything. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to let Sekai get away with things like that.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll give you thirty seconds more to get away. Thirty seconds!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z And that if I can just get away from this section, I might be able to move out of reach of the launchers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z They seemed as anxious to get away from the cave as she was. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I wait for a moment, to give him time to move to another room, to get away from her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at Rufus’s bloody face and said, “If you leave him here now, it will be a long while before he can send anyone after you. You’ll have time to get away.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember what he said. Now you boys get away from it or I’ll have to send you to school. Do you hear me, Cal? Don’t open that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Another cattle car awaited me, and so did another camp, but at least I had gotten away from Moonface for good. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The nuns have let her get away with her fresh ways for a while, but today, they finally put their foot down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Camp got away from Aunt Loma while she was gone to Athens. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Some got away, of course, and some had been saved in the pool. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z And how did he get away from that man who ran so fast? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “The muck was everywhere, you couldn’t get away from it.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This time he wasn’t going to get away with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z MacDuff leapt up from the terrace and bounded ahead across the weedy lawn, as anxious as we were to get away from the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Left ... left ... snap it out... drive in ... mix it up . . . don't let 'im get away, Alfred . . . press Angel kept slipping Alfred's jab. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Said he couldn’t get away. Works from six in the morning until midnight.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z A bunch of his parents’ friends had decided the family needed to get away on the anniversary, if you could call it that. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Julius rolled over and over to get away from those teeth, leaving a trail of blood across the white marble. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Someone who was going to get away with it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And besides, the last time I’d unleashed my power at the stables, there’d been that scary moment when it had almost gotten away from me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I hope you do get away with it,” Appleby whispered with conviction. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Well, she should be, you dolt! Don’t let her get away. You need strong women in your life, if you haven’t noticed. Now, to business.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I’m staggering down the sidewalk, sun blinding my eyes, careening from car to telephone pole, trying to get away from the truth, from the frenzy of emotions chasing me down. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I’d never talked to a teacher like this before, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised I was getting away with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But for the moment, he was busy trying to figure out how he would get away from the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But I could see in Miig’s face that he was concerned about how far the day had gotten away from us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Why did you want to get to the Pyramids?” he asked, to get away from the business of the display. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lyra had put the alethiometer in her rucksack and was wondering how she could get away. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If we had separated as I wanted, one of us might have gotten away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Still, the Golden Gate Bridge was getting away from me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Did she know I needed to get away? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She performed forbidden aerial stunts over the airfield when she returned from a mission and got away with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You’re not getting away!” the soldier said in a tone that would have been mocking if it weren’t so vicious. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I would have left the godforsaken industrial-strength hair clips in Alice’s drawer where I found them if I thought I could get away with it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I am not far enough from the enemy line to escape being picked off by one of the snipers if I attempt to get away. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, Magdalys was struck with the heart-wrenching feeling that she shouldn’t be there, shouldn’t be alive, shouldn’t be the one to get away. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But if I’d been letting my dreams get away from me and dreamed about Javi and me, who’s to say other people’s thoughts didn’t get away from them—but not with affection, with a denigration. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t want to see him go anywhere else, get away from the family, and never see him again,” said L.V. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He got away from there as fast as his ankle would let him, stumbling along with the crowd. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He is as gleeful as a child who has gotten away with something forbidden. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She shivered and thought, the words coming freely into her mind, Hill House is vile, it is diseased; get away from here at once. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Those who know of your existence fear you will. Which is why you must get away as fast as possible and never—ever—return to these parts.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He rarely got away from them after a delivery without some tea or coffee and cake. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z To get away from wars and censorship and statism and conscription and government control of this and that, of art and science! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Now,’ said Merry, ‘if only we had our legs and hands free, we might get away. But I can’t touch the knots, and I can’t bite them.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z For the past few months, Ivy had daydreamed once or twice—okay, maybe three times—of getting away from her family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She squirmed but didn’t try that hard to get away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Jason, get away from that thing’s head! I have an idea!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He was glad May Belle was absorbed in the TV, He didn’t want her waking Momma up before he got away. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z The dirty dogs let Byron get away with not doing his share of the windows and I had to do the whole car myself. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In between school and schoolwork, Theresa pitched in, happy to get away from her cadaver. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it don’t seem right, but all I wanted to do was get away from this boy, to get away from these people afore I throwed up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I wanted to say, Look, I know you meant well creating the world and all, but how could you let it get away from you like this? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt him jerk back, heard him say my name in alarm, but I didn’t let him get away. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But as the two of them ordered their cones and Esperanza paid for it, Moss knew he needed to get away, take some space. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Still time to call 911, but rather than dial those three little numbers, I drove toward the mall exit because I wanted to get away from it all first. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m serious. I can show you where one of them cut me before I got away.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Repatriate, if they can get away with it, ’’said my father, stopping abruptly when he saw me in the doorway. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z I tried to get away, but the tear in the earth widened to reveal a swirling coal-red tunnel of fire. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Though I’ve never heard the voice before, I find myself trembling, tempted for a second to drop to the ground just to get away from it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He hadn't liked it, because he wanted to get away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z When I knelt by him he struggled to get away from me, and the effort being too much for him, fainted. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z I need to get away from my dad. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z How will I get away from him and find the Resistance? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z "You haven't finished yet. How did you manage to get away from her in the end and come and live in this funny little house?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z You boys get away from this environment at times, right? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was looking at a place she wanted to go but couldn’t, because she didn’t know how to get away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The truck drove off at once—the men seemed eager to get away, or perhaps they were forbidden to show themselves around the civilized halls of El Patron’s mansion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Lilian got away with killing us. She never went to jail, she was never punished.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I put down the pins and hurry out, only too glad to get away from this conversation. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “He got away. He must have reached the Hessian garrison and informed them. As I told you gentlemen this morning, it was probably he who brought the Hessians out today, seeking some sort of revenge.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t really think Mrs. Peterson was going to let him get away with all that nonsense, did you?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z She just needed to get away, away from everything, from all of them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Macon tried to button his pants and get away without waking him, but the leaves and twigs crunching under his feet pulled the man all the way out of his sleep. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “They wouldn’t get away with that if I was around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I like the way the City makes people think they can do what they want and get away with it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting away from there too fast. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he got away, and had a better place to hide now. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I let him get away with it, because I’m dealing with this now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But there were those who got away with it because of who they were, and those who did not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let's get away from here before he comes back.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And then I said, “I just need to get away, I’m fed up with everything, everyone!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was then that Elizabeth realized what Cousin Gerrit was doing: The longer he delayed the men in their search, the more time Harriet had to get away. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “I know you only went to this class to get away from me.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Did he do his work right there in the sanitarium, or did they rent him a little office where he could get away from all the noise? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Knowing Daddy, he went to work to get away from us. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I know, we came up here to get away from things— politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws—I know. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “What about the people who don’t get caught? The people who never go to trial? They get away with murder too.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z The amount of abstraction that a writer can get away with depends on the expertise of her readership. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Maybe Kaylee Vine would even stop holding her nose and switching seats on the bus to get away from me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Or else getting away for a whole day might never be possible. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Perhaps because they knew they could get away with it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “But I had to come,” she said, and stood up, turning blindly to get away. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Mitch gave himself to them, so that I could get away. Mom, well, Mom couldn’t...” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z People said you could get away with anything in Key West, even murder. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted above all else to get away from this thing that was so contrary to himself. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know why my mother continues to make excuses for her—she'd never let me get away with such bad behavior. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z So many children...There’d been no sign of anyone around, which probably meant they all got away before the fire got them. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z "I did what I always do, Mama. I got away, as quickly as I could." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Maybe because students are getting away with an insane amount of PDA that would never be tolerated during normal school hours. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He had been saying, however indirectly, that I should get away from the city and the court. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nay. That is, I do not know if I can get away.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Even so, you never really got away from them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think it will be fairly easy to get away without being seen, though we should be especially careful about turning into the logging road and coming out of it onto the highway.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Aimee grabbed for the loose coin that was standing upright and rolling across the floor, but it got away. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z One southerner, named John Jones, came to get away from becoming part of an inheritance. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I can never find him at the work except by special appointment and then he is impatient to get away.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He tries to grab the zipper of the tent again, tries to get away from me, and I should let him go, but I reach for his hand one more time. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Away from the maddening crowd. Ah, there’s nothing like going down to the sea in a ship. We’re getting away from it all,” he ended up cryptically. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I tell him, and try to get away, but he grabs me, and says it’s a family event. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Someone dead whose spirit was trapped and couldn’t get away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t let her get away with saying stuff like that again, okay?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Rocky wanted to get away from the reservation; he wanted to make something of himself. In a city somewhere.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad was probably horrified by my rudeness—I was sort of horrified, too—but I had to get away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Everyone seemed to want to get away from the spot where the guards had found the device. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Why does she let him get away with it?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z This she says to the two women on the sofa, her usual peremptory rough-cut slapdash manner, and as usual she gets away with it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood it wasn’t always easy for them to get away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He believed the coaches allowed certain players to get away with murder. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it was even half decent, this bloke would’ve got away now, wouldn’t he?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You think you can get away, you traitorous little toad?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When they shook their heads, he wailed, “I’ve lost him! He keeps getting away from me!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I just couldn’t get away from my last clients. That was one talky woman! I bet I can tell you about every moment of the last ten years of her life!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I would never have gotten away with it if not for two of Hemme’s numerous flaws. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Park couldn't wait to get away from her, away from everybody. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Your parents let him get away with that?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Another school report. Eighth grade. Ever since then, I come here when I want to get away.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The thought of getting away ran through my mind many, many times. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sneaky wouldn’t let nobody get away with doing that. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z She was literally itching to get away from me, clawing her elbows with well-manicured fingernails. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z But at least he followed it, which meant he got away from me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z At least my attention to him was because I couldn’t get away from him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “We’re just going for a drive. I thought it might be fun”—he paused delicately—“if we got away from school for a while, maybe had some dinner...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The more they get away with, the more they believe they’re entitled to have.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Of course Digory knew that Polly could get away by her own ring as easily as he could get away by his. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z If he could somehow beat her to the bicycle, he might be able to get away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If that is so, I wonder about Anatole—how the Underdowns got away with putting him in as a schoolteacher, for instance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You two punks! This time you no get away!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The idea on the ground was to get away from buildings, vehicles and other people. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Hiram, you ever want to get away? You know, just take a break from everything?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Leaving their high camp at 27,230 feet as a party of six, the Ladakhis did not get away from their tents until 5:45 a.m. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I could find out somehow, I know I could, if only I could get away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “With the knife. I saw what you did at Sir Charles’s house. You could make it safe for us, couldn’t you? You could help us get away?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I went into a state of flight, running to get away from the unearthly landscape. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If he had not blundered into a blind street he would have got away. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I could embarrass myself and Baba anymore—but mostly to get away from Assef and his grin—I stepped away. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Thorn stood so close behind Seven, she kept knocking into her rucksack, but Seven didn’t have the heart to tell her to get away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z These images would have nasty comments under them from people saying stuff like, Looks like he’d rob a store, and If he’d pull his pants up, maybe he would’ve gotten away with the crime! All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As soon as we saw them, we knew we had to get away. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe we were getting away with this. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And I find a regular book and thumb through it, but the lines dance across the page like they’re trying to get away from me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Are you very sure she won’t change her mind? It would do her good to get away from here.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He only knew that he had to run, to get away from Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “You’ll never get away,” the one with Mamá’s voice screamed, as she descended upon me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I notice that no one ever brought the Candor girl I warned to the elevator hank, which means she must have gotten away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The previous season, she had been so impressed by Prince’s talent on the field that she allowed him to get away with skirting the team rules. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Why do your parents do any of the things they do? They want it all. And if they can get away with it, they will.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z She's not chasing after me, but I need to get away. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Soon as I could get away from the customers who pressed around, asking more questions, I ran back to Aunt Loma’s. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “It will be good for you to get away,” he decided. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Wash made a point of knowing every pretty black girl within walking distance from Egypt Town—knowing in whatever sense he could get away with, biblical if possible. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Did she think she was getting away with it? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Would Nna get away with that if he didn’t have a foreign accent?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When Bass the kennelmaster had tried to get them to take the scent from the severed hand, they had gone wild, yowling and bark-ing, fighting to get away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Having young ones like an animal ... If it hadn’t been for you, I might have gone to the Inspector, I might have got away. But not with a baby. That would have been too shameful.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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