Example sentences of "[pron] away to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We send them away to school — have to , living in the depths of the country . |
| 2 | They , too , had taken to helping in the hospital and Miriam could read on their pale , shocked faces some of the terrible sights they had seen ; after a little while she sent them away to bed . |
| 3 | I said that I was going to take you away to Arrancay with me — and keep you there away from all the bitterness and the lies . |
| 4 | That 's why you took the boy away from me … sent him away to sea . ’ |
| 5 | Soldiers fired on Aristide 's home in the poor suburb of Plains de Cul-de-Sac , where he continued to live , killing his security chief before leading him away to army headquarters . |
| 6 | Ruth thought her aunt would have sat up all night to prolong the time with them , but her uncle — who had tried bravely all day to behave as though nothing untoward was happening — put his arms around his wife 's shoulders and led her away to bed . |
| 7 | He held her away to arm 's length , his kindly brown eyes sweeping her face as though searching for clues . |
| 8 | But he was smiling broadly as he held her away to arm 's length . |
| 9 | ‘ And … and she grabbed the rope round the mule 's neck and … and led it away to safety , leaving her husband lying in the road . |