Example sentences of "[vb pp] away [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is that Maastricht could not have been rolled away to leave the open-market EC that was being built beforehand . |
| 2 | I returned after a ten minute wait and the clouds rolled away to waken the scene from its gloomy darkness . |
| 3 | Bell metal , an alloy of copper and tin , was then poured in and allowed to set before the clay was broken away to leave the bell ready for tuning and polishing . |
| 4 | The weight of gear hanging form my harness does n't bother me , because all my worries have fallen away to spend the day sulking at the foot of the crag . |
| 5 | The once gleaming whitewash was dark and smoke-blackened ; in places the plaster had fallen away to reveal the messy rubble-walling beneath . |
| 6 | Consequently , it mattered little whether the facade was retained or stripped away to reveal the reality behind it . |
| 7 | The offer of a quick flight was accepted without a moment 's hesitation and she was whisked away to join the gulls that swoop around the reservoir and over her roof . |
| 8 | It is being borne away to feed the eagle 's babies . |
| 9 | Not that we 'd actually fallen out , but I 'd walked away to check the markers and I had 127 to the hole and Lee said it was 147 — and that 's a difference between an eight and a seven — so I said , ‘ You got it wrong . ’ |
| 10 | In excavations of the past ephemeral traces of occupation were rapidly swept away to uncover the more substantial structures . |
| 11 | The adult response of reason is swept away to reveal the small child cowering under parental wrath . |
| 12 | Happily , she was led away to cut the cake somewhere quieter . |
| 13 | As the coal went down over the winter months , these boards would be taken away to lower the height . |
| 14 | When the palace is allowed to decay and the stones are taken away to build the shanty town , then the frescoes and the tessellated pavements , the statues and the beautiful pottery are all lost . |
| 15 | The master was sent away to bring the rest of the money , but did n't return until a messenger was sent to fetch him back . |
| 16 | Regrettably , the Court of Appeal has no power in such cases to substitute its own award of damages , and the parties were sent away to face the expensive prospect of a fresh trial , which they avoided by agreeing that the damages should be £60,000 . |
| 17 | Ashley waited until their fellow diners had drifted away to explore the gardens or dip their hands in the cool water which tinkled in the stone fountains , and then moved her chair closer to her escort 's . |