Example sentences of "[pers pn] away [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can see them away down the river for miles now . |
| 2 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 3 | Alba was empty enough of men to govern and serve , without throwing them away to no purpose . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's a good thing you do n't know any secrets — you 'd give them away to the milkman ! ’ ’ |
| 5 | Do n't just give them away to the adventurers if they do n't bother even to search this room ; they must make an effort to find these bizarre items and take an interest in finding out what they do . |
| 6 | She skips and twists among them , sniffing their hind-quarters , until at last she finds the two she seeks , her own young , and leads them away to the shade of a bush and there lets them suckle . |
| 7 | Years ago Constance 's mother had kept chickens at the bottom of the garden , and when they went off the lay one of her sons-in-law had strangled them and she had given them away to the neighbours , being unable to eat a bird she had known personally . |
| 8 | About the fishes who swallow human sins , and carry them away to the ocean . |
| 9 | I gave one of them away to the . |
| 10 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 11 | If you can imagine someone losing their job , the depression that actually causes , perhaps both within them and with their family , the idea of being able to take them away for a holiday to forget about things might be a good thing at the end of the day . |
| 12 | For the past five years Egham Swan Sanctuary has collected the swans and taken them away for a kind of annual holiday … |
| 13 | Seem to put them away for a long while but |
| 14 | we can always ask to put them away for a week yeah that 's what I might do |
| 15 | Well then , if , we can put them away for a week |
| 16 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 17 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 18 | These styles are still sufficiently popular to survive , although any attempted ‘ re-fit ’ would be likely to sweep them away as a matter of principle . |
| 19 | Bananas is so cheap , Mrs Parvis says , they 're giving them away with a pound of tea . ’ |
| 20 | To say nothing of mashing the boring bits down to a slurry of images , hosing them away with a touch of your finger . |
| 21 | Several cats were feeding on it so Mike cleared them away with a kick from his combat boot and we started eating , dipping the wet crusts in the ravioli . |
| 22 | The rule of thumb is this when the first cluster of bubbles is fully formed , sweep them away with a bird 's wing feather . |
| 23 | I pushed them away with a shudder , but when I looked up I saw , lying on a shelf opposite , an infant or Cupid carved in black marble . |
| 24 | Cuts and weals appeared where her surrogate hurt itself in its destructive frenzy , but she smoothed them away with a flick of her mind . |
| 25 | The shimmer of tears burned brightly in her eyes , and she rubbed them away with a trembling hand . |
| 26 | Leonora took out sweaters and shirts and underwear , putting them away with a vague feeling of trespass which failed to keep her from peeping into a folding leather picture frame lying at the bottom of the suitcase . |
| 27 | Now , arriving in the safety of her own room , Maggie undressed , folding her clothes and putting them away with an unusual neatness for a fifteen year-old . |
| 28 | She rubbed them away with an angry fist . |
| 29 | Tears of pride stung her eyes and she brushed them away with an impatient hand . |
| 30 | She found that tears were trickling from her eyes , and dashed them away with an impatient hand . |