Example sentences of "away to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The police managed on this occasion to whisk the two away to a more distant jail . |
| 2 | Mark 's voice had trailed away to a whisper . |
| 3 | He wondered if they had come to take him away to a Home for ungrateful and unwanted children . |
| 4 | England raced away to a 6–0 lead in the first 15 minutes , and only good saves by goalkeeper Karen Owen throughout the match averted disaster for Wales . |
| 5 | The manual alerts the teacher to the kinds of ‘ errors ’ children are most likely to make and emphasises that in the ‘ correct ’ drawing ‘ the front of the road occupies the whole width of the picture , and the distant end of it vanishes away to a point far back on the horizon ’ . |
| 6 | In St Servatius this phenomenon has meant that large areas of the interior walls have been eaten away to a depth of more than a centimetre and the paint layers on the walls are beginning to peel off . |
| 7 | Here in a vast amphitheatre you can dance the night away to a brilliant light and laser show , a stage show , and fountains shooting straight out of the sea , with the floodlit backdrop of Bodrum castle across the far side of the harbour . |
| 8 | Alternatively , you can have a sample of blood taken and sent away to a laboratory for a much fuller analysis . |
| 9 | At the tender age of six or seven , she was then involved in court action that saw the man go to prison — with Rosemary being taken away to a place of safety , a children 's home . |
| 10 | A few minutes later I was led away to a cell . |
| 11 | A friend collected me and whisked me away to a quieter part of the island . |
| 12 | Having said that , he enjoyed the depth of conviction to be heard at a conventicle and slipped away to a service on the muirs above the village as often as he was able to do so . |
| 13 | Ben got away to a really fast start and there was no heading him . |
| 14 | Mike McFarlane ran in the first semi-final , got away to a brilliant start and was never headed , recording 10.22 seconds . |
| 15 | Mac got away to a quite blistering start . |
| 16 | Ben got away to a lightning start and won in a blazing 10.06 seconds ; Chidi ( not going to Scotland ) was second , and I was some way back in third place with 10.32 seconds . |
| 17 | In the 100 metres Allan got away to a fine start , I came through fast at the end , there was a photo-finish between us and he got the verdict . |
| 18 | The show was over , the audience had drifted away to a reception room where they would be further wooed with a glass of champagne and a selection of canapes and nibbles and Paula , dressed now in one of her own suits , smart black barathea , had emerged from the dressing rooms to meet the waiting Sally and Edward . |
| 19 | Jump into a cold swimming-pool , for example , and who can blame your frozen phallus from shrinking away to a delightfully compact inch or so . |
| 20 | Mercer drew him away to a comer , and slowly , haltingly , the general good humour resurfaced . |
| 21 | A row of buses waited outside the station to take the racegoers away to a variety of outlying motels , and a long new coach with darkly tinted windows was set aside for the owners . |
| 22 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 23 | Oh no , they want me to give it away to a Guitarist reader , and I suppose I ca n't argue with that . |
| 24 | Wearing a chic black costume and white fur wrap , she is seen waving to him as he departs for the colony before walking away to a smart car beside which stands a chauffeur . |
| 25 | Their house was not searched at the time of the dawn raid ; they were not driven away to a police station for questioning . |
| 26 | Late on Saturday night , they were smuggled away to a safe area of the field and one of the teams was driven home to London . |
| 27 | ‘ That surely means that Edward will have to be married right away to a foreign princess — someone old and ugly whom he hates , I doubt not , instead of the one he loves . ’ |
| 28 | The path simply sheds water to either side ; but where a path which follows the contours goes down into a dip , you 'll have to ensure that ponding does n't occur , and it may be necessary to form a small land drain to lead the water away to a less waterlogged area . |
| 29 | He was ashamed of going to their usual practitioner , and went some distance away to a physician in Westminster , stepping past the beggars who lay about the pavement , demanding alms . |
| 30 | As we walked away to a coffee-shop in the Royal Mile , Meehan said , ‘ That 's the first court in my life I 've been turned away from . ’ |