Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] away at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The steps were worn away at the centre , and Grainne wondered if it was from the footsteps which passed this way every night , or whether it was simply from age . |
| 2 | These carvings have been off display for many years as it was discovered that atmospheric pollution , even within the museum , was eating away at the stone . |
| 3 | I was on my own now , faced with that half-obliterated turn at the V-point of the side gorge where water pouring over the track was eating away at the surface . |
| 4 | Bill was snoring away at the bar . |
| 5 | Invited by Hawke Systems Ltd , Slough , Berkshire , to cast a glance over DEC 's Alpha boxes last week , Unigram.X was turned away at the door when DEC UK officials turned white at the mention of press . |
| 6 | Melissa 's brain was nibbling away at an idea . |
| 7 | Harry watched him fall back and noted that a considerable quantity of blood was coming away at the mouth . |
| 8 | And in fact it shows a lot for human nature because he was chuckling away at the end of it all and he even gave the lads who did the job a tip . |