Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] away [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There were a few who would have asked the same question , looking at Joan Rush , senior project officer with the fund , a prime mover in the group which has beavered away at the subject to bring it into the mainstream of policy and practice . |
| 2 | ‘ The cannabis field has moved away from the drug abuse side of things . |
| 3 | At the West end of the Church a beam has moved away from the wall by nine inches . |
| 4 | In recent years emphasis has moved away from the teaching of ‘ craft ’ skills such as cookery and sewing towards the development of a range of practical and organisational skills which will enable young people to cope with the demands of living in constantly changing social and economic conditions . |
| 5 | It has been said that ‘ … during the last forty years the United Kingdom has moved away from the nationality citizenship model ’ . |
| 6 | Under the present director , Geoffrey Morgan , a soft-spoken Welshman whose main outside interest is silkworms , the list of names has moved away from the Reform Club and further out into Middle England , although it is still a very long way short of representing a cross-section of the population . |
| 7 | Mrs Brown , 35 , has since made a full recovery but was unable to attend the ceremony because she has moved away from the area . |
| 8 | If the sponge part has worn down ( it should be nice and springy and approximately one centimetre deep all the way along ) , or if the foam has worn away from the metal piece holding it , you need a new one . |
| 9 | Hollow areas , where rendering has blistered away from the wall , are also prone to damp |
| 10 | Many of these weaknesses will emerge more clearly in later chapters , where we shall see how powerfully the pendulum has swung away from the position of Liberal Theology in recent generations , at least among the leaders and pioneers of theological thinking . |
| 11 | The problem.solver gets carried away by the interest of the idea . |
| 12 | The blood gets washed away in the morning so there 's no evidence to suggest a crime ever took place . |
| 13 | They have a child — yes , Jack , you will be the child , a very brave remarkable child who gets ravished away by the lion . |
| 14 | It 's come away from the zip er er I do n't know whether it 's er |
| 15 | Er some neighbours cut each other 's lawn while they 're away so the grass does n't grow too long and make sure that the mail 's moved away from the letter box . |
| 16 | Your brother 's being naughty , he 's run away up the street look ! |
| 17 | Right , because the body is acting in order to protect its vital organs and it 's drawing the blood vessels near the skin , shut down , you 're not needed there , you 're needed here , in the core of the body , because your blood is what warms your skin up , it 's taken away from the skin , then the skin feels cold and clammy , yeah , clammy because of course if there 's no heat , we sweat all the time and especially if somebody 's had an accident or is seriously ill they will be sweating , yes , then there 's nothing to dry the sweat off okay , what happens when we sweat excessively in the summer time ? |