Example sentences of "away [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be madness to throw it all away for a few moments of nerve-storming passion . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 3 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 4 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 5 | Otherwise , Kovacevich was well wide of the mark and if he respects this work he might contemplate putting it away for a few years before reconsidering its interpretation . |
| 6 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 7 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 8 | ‘ Just me ? ’ she queried when he 'd finished talking , her face giving little away of the tangled emotions behind its passive façade . |
| 9 | A black-and-white Tudor manor house , separated by a gravelled car park from a modern two-storey extension mocked up to resemble stables ; lawns behind sloping away towards the wooded flanks of the Surrey hills ; the colours of St. George hanging limply from a flagstaff ; three geese in flight across a swash-lettered nameboard ; and smoke pluming vertically from slender chimney stacks . |
| 10 | You can watch age old Greek dances performed in mountain villages , before dancing the night away beneath the light shows of the high tech discos on the coast . |
| 11 | ‘ One coin given away with every four gallons of petrol . |
| 12 | You might come away with a few commissions of your own . ’ |
| 13 | THE holiday ads are tempting you away with the usual images of fun and sun but rather than taking a package why not invest in that longed-for overseas home ? |
| 14 | Following the proposals outlined in Barbarossa 's third plan , Henry VI attempted to make the monarchy entirely hereditary , doing away with the elective powers of the princes . |
| 15 | Included in your holiday price is a smart Sovereign Worldwide travel bag which , when not in use , can be folded away into a neat 8½″ by 8½″ square by zipping the ends together . |
| 16 | The woman nodded before looking away into the dying embers of the fire . |
| 17 | JOHN PEEL tinkers away into the small hours with only Loudon Wainwright III and Jacob 's Mouse for company . |
| 18 | Staring through the streaming window , Nell gritted her teeth every time the bows pushed out over the top of a big wave , only to hang in space before dropping away into the sixty-odd feet of the following trough that seemed to her a mile deep . |
| 19 | The sibilant hiss of a sword being drawn sounded behind her and instantly the crowd dispersed , melting away into the shadowy alleys off the street . |
| 20 | The formalities completed , he drove away along the cobbled streets of the old town . |
| 21 | Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning . |
| 22 | It 's alleged the men , from Gorebridge and Dalkeith , drove the vehicle away in the early hours of Sunday morning without permission . |
| 23 | When not in use these are tucked away in the Split boxes at the top right and bottom left of the screen and appear as black bars above and to the left of the arrows at the ends of the two scroll bars . |
| 24 | A further debilitating gloss on section 58(1) is tucked away in the inner recesses of the police codes . |
| 25 | skilful narrative technique , in other words , is the only means of releasing the hidden capabilities locked away in the inner recesses of the reader 's consciousness . |
| 26 | FOUR different countries are hidden away in the damp jungles of Panama . |
| 27 | Inspired by Under-21 player Julie Ferry , Thornhill pulled away in the closing stages with some sharp shooting from sisters Suzanne and Elaine McLaughlin . |
| 28 | True happiness , according to Jesus , comes about when we turn away from the commonly-accepted prescriptions for happiness to abandon ourselves to God . |
| 29 | If this applies to you , next time try and find a genuine windsurfing school away from the crowded beaches with qualified English speaking instructors . |
| 30 | Away from the prying eyes of the world , the newlyweds sailed the Aegean and Ionian Seas and on through the Suez Canal . |