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When he took a gun out everyone backed away nervously .

Merrill is said to have backed away after he asked questions that suggested he might be too intrusive.

But we backed away from that moment again and again, circling it, stalking it, until we had it cornered and began to tame it with words.

AS a weASel playing with water, and utterly alone. Connie backed away round the corner of the house, and hurried away to the wood.

I said that I would teach it if he wanted but he kind of backed away.

He did not take that final step and Mr. Barak backed away from the offer.

Yet now, confused and frightened at my approach, the wolf backed away, straining at the trap chain.

She leered at him, showing mossy teeth. Harry backed away.

The taxi driver backed away to let the bus go through the narrow road.

Since the Copenhagen meeting ended, Mr Bernotat has backed away from the idea, citing the need for greater co-ordination among governments.

After a minute she backed away and pointed very stiffly toward the north end of the station.

A breakthrough, after months of stalemate, over the deal that Iran first agreed to in October, then quickly backed away from?

An example: Late in the game, one of the two defenders on Bryant backed away to switch back to another Laker.

After a few seconds he backed away. There was still essential work to do.

The crowd backed away to let the wounded man pass through.

gesturing Harry and Malfoy into the middle of the hall as the crowd backed away to give them room.

He backed away and in that split second she slammed the door in his face.

But the White House has backed away from earlier efforts to cap bankers' pay.

Faced with these challenges, a number of mobile-phone makers have backed away from software businesses.

She did accept and then backed away.

The girl made no move to touch the cup. "Thank you, m'lord, but no. " She backed away. "I should not be bothering you. "

But the commission backed away from recommending an outright ban on providing credit ratings for countries seeking a bail-out.

Finally, the mother backed away, turned and walked to a far corner of the grassland.

Some people died and no one knew, not for hours, not until the storm backed away and moved on.

He had already backed away from assaults on weaker governments too.

David Cameron, the prime minister, has backed away from earlier plans for powerful "executive mayors" .

eg. The company backed away from plans to cut their pay by 15%.

For instance, there are places where Darwin increased or decreased stress on a particular idea, or backed away from certain points.

The child backed away from the fierce dog.

The other wild animals soon backed away, seeing that the strongest of them all was refusing to fight.

But Mr Fryer backed away from a life of crime and won a sports scholarship to the University of Texas.

He backed away a little, his arms crooked , his fingers outspread.

She has backed away from an earlier pledge to pardon her father, saying she would respect the decisions of the courts.

Ten governments had backed away from promises of popular votes.

Mr Humala has backed away from earlier talk of abolishing term limits.

The waitress, having put the tray down, rose and backed away . . .

Mrs. Weasley had shouted herself hoarse before she turned on Harry, who backed away.

When Ellen saw the snake on the path in front of her, she quickly backed away.

Goddammit, you bitch! You never backed away from anything in your life! Now fight!

She backed away from the glowing figure until she bumped into the car.

So they backed away and instead reconnoitered their next mission, which was the Watergate burglaries.

The wrathful crowd surged forward. The rascal backed away In fear.

She backed away from the window in great fear when bullets and shrapnel whistled past her ears.

We slowly backed away from the snake.

The dog heard danger in the man's voice. It backed away.

On seeing the dog, she backed away.

When she backed away, it stopped.

Demand for gas in Japan has soared as the country has backed away from nuclear power .

backed away from its previous forecasts for the second half of the year