Example sentences of "[verb] it [adj] away [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As John Parker put it , in the King of Fools , he had it all , wealth , charm , good looks , and he threw it all away on an American divorcee , who even his closest advisers considered an adventuress . |
| 2 | How else should a person look , while , in the course of a single ceremony , he kisses everything goodbye — just blows it all away in a prodigal storm of confetti and rice ? |
| 3 | You could n't get fatter than he was in gold , and he wanted to give it all away to the revolution ; he was Malatesta 's friend , and Malatesta parted him from his money , sweet and easy does it -all they got for their pains was years of exile and prison , and a few dead policemen . ’ |
| 4 | It was the best thing to be quiet and say nothing — to push it all away into a dark place like the cupboard under the stairs so it could be forgotten like an old raincoat or last summer 's shoes . |
| 5 | If they want to take it all away in the end and match me up with that slimy halfwit , why then take me up to the mountain and show me the world ? |
| 6 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |