Example sentences of "[vb pp] away to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hustled away to a cold , stone-flagged cell beneath the Guildhall which I shared with two of the biggest rats I have ever clapped eyes on . |
| 2 | Other products were taken from the stall and given away to a Middlesbrough stall . |
| 3 | Their house was not searched at the time of the dawn raid ; they were not driven away to a police station for questioning . |
| 4 | Although the Australians , who had a magnificent second half , only pulled away to a resounding victory in the last ten minutes , the harsh truth is that the Boks never looked like scoring . |
| 5 | Late on Saturday night , they were smuggled away to a safe area of the field and one of the teams was driven home to London . |
| 6 | ‘ You recollect the gossip that was rife at the time — that he had run away to a monastery ? ’ |
| 7 | In St Servatius this phenomenon has meant that large areas of the interior walls have been eaten away to a depth of more than a centimetre and the paint layers on the walls are beginning to peel off . |
| 8 | A few minutes later I was led away to a cell . |
| 9 | Oliver was led away to a large room , where , on a rough hard bed , he cried himself to sleep . |
| 10 | But all to no avail as , grumbling furiously under her breath , she found herself being led away to a changing-room . |
| 11 | The chilling pictures of tiny James Bulger being led away to a brutal death have touched millions , not just because of the tragedy that befell a little boy but because they have made people realise how much their own lives have become defiled by fear of crime . |
| 12 | THE pathetic picture of a trusting little boy being led away to a brutal death has stirred the nation 's conscience . |
| 13 | Mark 's voice had trailed away to a whisper . |
| 14 | At the tender age of six or seven , she was then involved in court action that saw the man go to prison — with Rosemary being taken away to a place of safety , a children 's home . |
| 15 | No it 's , I think it was taken away to a museum was n't it ? |
| 16 | And in American communities , major works of literature can be banned from schools and libraries — or even , occasionally , burnt — for challenging traditional scriptural accounts , while a new current of fundamentalism can actually influence American politics through the support of millions eager to be raptured away to a heaven more or less interchangeable with Disneyland . |
| 17 | ‘ You are nine years old and you are going to be sent away to a good school , and you must take advantage of all they teach you . |
| 18 | She was sent away to a home for unmarried mothers run by middle-class women . |
| 19 | ‘ If you keep asking for things you 'll be too expensive to keep — we 'll all just starve to death or you 'll have to be sent away to a Home where they 'll lock you up . |
| 20 | The show was over , the audience had drifted away to a reception room where they would be further wooed with a glass of champagne and a selection of canapes and nibbles and Paula , dressed now in one of her own suits , smart black barathea , had emerged from the dressing rooms to meet the waiting Sally and Edward . |