Example sentences of "[verb] away for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 2 | Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . |
| 3 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 4 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 5 | He had hidden it , thinking it would come in useful if he persuaded any girls to go away for the weekend with him . |
| 6 | And when he 'd finished and been weighed again and she 'd changed his diaper and put it in the special container to go away for the chemical analysis — And a nasty old job that must be to do ! |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't notice you laughing when I have to go away for the night . |
| 8 | Jean Parmiter sent her apologies for being unable to teach as arranged ; she and her husband had had to go away for the weekend . |
| 9 | It 's also great for families : ‘ Minders ’ give younger children their own holiday while parents sail away for the day . |
| 10 | As for our music sessions and lessons , they went on intermittently for several years until eventually the drums were abandoned , put away for the sake of both higher education and marriage . |
| 11 | On the contrary , the Skein of Geese was exactly as Heather had photographed it , save only that the trees behind it had been stripped of their leaves and the croquet hoops put away for the winter . |
| 12 | and put away for the |
| 13 | Clear away for the next course , ’ said Rose . |
| 14 | ‘ Going away for the week-end , are you , love ? ’ she said . |
| 15 | Sorry , old boy , going away for the weekend . ’ |
| 16 | He must , if he is going away for the winter , turn off the water and empty the boiler . |
| 17 | I sha n't be there , gone out , going away for the weekend . |
| 18 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 19 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 20 | Turning away for the umpteenth time , she gave a little frustrated sigh . |
| 21 | Getting away for the weekend , or even for a day of walking , is the ideal cure for those post-summer-oh-my-God-how-can-I-afford-Christmas blues . |
| 22 | and on his own , and said to mum , come up here and get away for the weekend , cos it 's a hell of a burden to carry , with no release , I mean even going on holiday , she has to book it , organise his packing , wash it , you name it , . |
| 23 | The fishing nets and the postcards were no longer on display , and the woollens and the charming useless pottery had been packed away for the coming winter and the new season to follow-then they were out of the village , passing through a scattering of newer and less substantial houses and following the narrow lakeside road to Langstone . |
| 24 | She 'd explained that he 'd be staying away for the two nights , which he 'd never done before ; she only hoped she 'd explained it well enough . |
| 25 | Each month we have a pair of Saucony shoes to give away for the best letter on a running issue . |
| 26 | He repeated the opening question out loud , fingerspelling each word with an occasional supportive sign , breaking away for the sake of legalistic accuracy from their usual curtailed and compressed flow of pure communication . |
| 27 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 28 | Locked away for the rest of his life . |
| 29 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 30 | Nicholson had taken LSD , but he had first done so , he said , as a quest — an adventurous actor seeking experiences to file away for the future . |