Example sentences of "throw away " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tomorrow , if I could find a better medium , I would throw away cinema . |
| 2 | What she could not know was that by refusing to deal with the Protestant threat until the crown matrimonial had been obtained , she would throw away the strongest card in her anti-Protestant hand before having a chance to play it . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't throw away the policies — the outstandingly successful policies — of the last 13 years in an idle moment . |
| 4 | Sometimes he would throw away his francs to the soldiers and go home without a sou . |
| 5 | It 's not a sum you 'd throw away ; but you 'd be happy if it bought a new handbag , a train fare to London or a tankful of petrol . |
| 6 | When engineers go back to the drawing board and create a new design , they do not necessarily throw away the ideas from the old design . |
| 7 | The danger that , by trying to protect your future career prospects , you may throw away substantial cash sums in terms of severance payments is a real one , as the case of International Computers Ltd v Kennedy ( 1981 ) illustrates . |
| 8 | Buyers and their representatives will often throw away an orange or an apple or other fruit … it is the custom . |
| 9 | Could n't we just throw away our Filofaxes for one afternoon and live a little ? |
| 10 | From here it dog-legs left , through sentinel bunkers to a small green , almost flat but with a list to port that will throw away any ball slightly wayward . |
| 11 | You may find that you sleep better than before ( and can throw away any sleeping pills you may have been taking ) , that you have got rid of that nagging headache or that the muscles in your neck and shoulders suddenly feel warm and relaxed . |
| 12 | ( Note : You might wish to use scrap paper for this ‘ processing ’ exercise , so that you can later throw away or burn the negative thoughts and beliefs . ) |
| 13 | A pyromaniac does n't throw away the last three matches . |
| 14 | MEN who want to attract women should throw away their expensive aftershaves . |
| 15 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 16 | He smiled : ‘ I 've seen kids throw away their clubs but they are still here 10 years later . |
| 17 | ‘ A mahogany dining table will last a lifetime , not like a car or a three-piece suite which you might throw away after five or six years , ’ he added . |
| 18 | I must explain that I do not like combined heater stats ; in general I find that the heater part packs up within a year , as , regrettably do modern heaters , and I would rather throw away a £5 heater than a £10 plus heater stat . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's really hard to overcome that , to just shake it off and say , ‘ Oh well , they 're just dumb kids , maybe they 'll throw away their Skid Row records and listen to Mudhoney because of us … ’ but that story 's old . |
| 20 | A practising engineer until the age of forty , Albert Ayme did not throw away his slide-rule and set-square when he decided to devote himself entirely to painting . |
| 21 | Trim the nozzle tip to give the required sealant width , making the cut at 45° ( do not throw away the nozzle tip ) |
| 22 | Do n't throw away your marriage because Sam is giving you trouble . |
| 23 | Elinor whispered , ‘ Do n't throw away your marriage , Clare . |
| 24 | For God 's sake , Pippa , let's not throw away five years . |
| 25 | Bottle tops , silver paper and tin cans are the last things you should throw away . |
| 26 | If I make a promise to you in return for your supplying me with three , quite useless , chocolate wrappers , which I will instantly throw away , there is a perfectly good contract provided that the promise was seriously intended ( below , p. 205 ) . |
| 27 | A peppercorn does not cease to be good consideration if it is established that the promisee does not like pepper and will throw away the corn . |
| 28 | Soldiers do n't throw away guns . |
| 29 | The powder he would throw away but the information the poisoner had provided was invaluable . |
| 30 | This is the first Windows Application we 've come across where you could throw away the manual , the on-screen help is really that good ! |