Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] away the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claudia opened her eyes and blinked away the tears . |
| 2 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 3 | There are many arthropods associated with human disease , ranging from the larvae of certain flies such as the ‘ Congo maggot ’ which are obligatory tissue parasites and eat away the flesh of an infested person , to the scorpion whose sting can cause serious illness and in some cases , particularly children , even death . |
| 4 | Make the beds or clear away the breakfast things ? ’ |
| 5 | That is an extraordinary contrast with the uncritical support for monetary union expressed by his right hon. and hon. Friends , who want to leap in with no conditions and to throw away the conditions that we have negotiated . |
| 6 | She carefully cleaned her brushes and put away the paints , then realised she was very hungry . |
| 7 | It will take 2 days to cut down all 80 trunks and clear away the wood . |
| 8 | Though it is meant to be used to keep out the cold , we had brought six of them to cover the tents and reflect away the sun 's heat , and to signal for help if needed . |
| 9 | The English millionaire folded his singed tents and stole away the insurance money , which did n't belong to him since I had nationalized the paper well before the fire was out . |
| 10 | A few were prepared to take big salary cuts and throw away the security of their present employment — others were just grateful for a job or the chance to work on a national . |
| 11 | For centuries , there had not been enough grain in the province to feed its people ; then the speculators from the north and the west had overrun the plains and seized the common pastureland to make their profits in cereals ; the great erratic storms of the Ninfanian hinterland burst over the thin fields and washed away the soil , turning the sheep runs of centuries into enclosed wasteland . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ We are bound to face criticism from both sides , from people saying we should be locking up thousands of juvenile offenders and throwing away the key and others throwing up their hands and saying they are like the old approved schools and will be universities of crime . ’ |
| 13 | The first , filed by The Lawyers Collective ( Bombay ) challenges the constitutionality of the Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster Act 1985 which gives the government sole right to sue on behalf of the Victims and takes away the right of individuals to go to the Supreme Court . |
| 14 | Just apply to the rosy parts and blend away the edges . |