Example sentences of "going away to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ Growing up is not just the pain of going away to school ; it is also the acceptance of the values of the adult world . |
| 2 | There are some boys and girls going away to school , their fathers and mothers filling up the moments of waiting with many injunctions in order to shut out their anxieties which their children must not see . |
| 3 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |
| 4 | I thought that by going away to school I would be leaving nothing behind . |
| 5 | He 's scared stiff of going away to school and all this ‘ Irish ’ nonsense is just an excuse to get out of it . |
| 6 | She did not go on to express the next thought in her mind : thank goodness Annabel was going away to school , and very soon the association would be closed , for its continuance would create an impossible situation . |
| 7 | ‘ Where 're you going away to , ’ William asked , ‘ for this weekend ? ’ |
| 8 | I thought , we are going away to Wales . |
| 9 | And it was then , when she was thinking about going away to Vienna , that she had begun to feel trapped . |
| 10 | ‘ When we were 15 or so , we started going away to competitions around the country with our tents . |
| 11 | Are you going away to Glasgow tomorrow ? |
| 12 | She phoned this morning and I said I ca n't come and collect it cos I 'm here by myself she said oh I 'll bring it in , that 's alright , no problem but er we 're going away to Gloucester at two o'clock |
| 13 | I mean there 's no point in going away to be stuck |