Example sentences of "[vb pp] away [prep] a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like George Habash 's PFLP , from which it had broken away in a brutal revolutionary schism , it was opposed to Arafat 's gun-and-olive-branch approach towards Israel and therefore outside Arafat 's control . |
| 2 | It was hidden away down a dingy little cul-de-sac ending in a railway embankment and a station hardly anyone used any more . |
| 3 | Eventually Helen spotted a reception desk , discreetly tucked away behind a large weeping fig ; they advanced across wastes of polished marble and were directed to a lift . |
| 4 | This mass of people , all dressed in their Sunday best , bedecked with badges and brass , hovers like a human shield , while the Royal in question inspects whatever is on show , shakes a few select hands and exchanges benign pleasantries , before being whisked away in a grand black limousine . |
| 5 | The drought means crops have failed and food is scarce , while vital resources are being frittered away in a bitter civil war . |
| 6 | My mother used to tell me how Grandmother scrimped and saved during the summer months so that precious golden sovereigns could be put away in a padlocked wooden box to ensure survival during the next winter . |
| 7 | For instance , the classic tactic of demanding an adjournment should not be thrown away on a low level aim , such as ‘ let's have coffee ’ . |