Example sentences of "[v-ing] away for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But er this hundred and twenty pound radio was knocking away for a five quid in the end er I er I heard . |
| 2 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 3 | I began trying to play ‘ God Save the King ’ , but after tapping away for an hour with one finger I had n't made much progress . |
| 4 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 5 | We 'll tell her we 're going away for a breather . ’ |
| 6 | Going away for a night they need a furniture van . |
| 7 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 8 | He said hastily , ‘ I 'll be going away for a bit and I guess I 'll be ravenous when I get back . |
| 9 | I 'm going away for a while , give you time to pack your things . |
| 10 | It was about five years later when I was going away for a weekend and knowing that space in the car would be limited , I spent a long time thinking what sketching materials to take which would not need much room . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps you 'd better tell me what you were doing , going away for a weekend with a married man , ’ he suggested quietly . |
| 12 | I knew she was unhappy about his going away for a whole weekend when she was too sick to accompany him . |
| 13 | ‘ They were apparently going away for a long weekend vacation . |
| 14 | ‘ We 're only going away for a weekend , for heaven 's sake ! |
| 15 | I would n't mind going away for a few days , but |
| 16 | Cos we 're only going away for a weekend then are n't we ? |
| 17 | ‘ Going away for the week-end , are you , love ? ’ she said . |
| 18 | Sorry , old boy , going away for the weekend . ’ |
| 19 | He must , if he is going away for the winter , turn off the water and empty the boiler . |
| 20 | I sha n't be there , gone out , going away for the weekend . |
| 21 | And then you 're going away for the weekend ? |
| 22 | Oh , must be Friday then , I knew they were going away for the week , weekend |
| 23 | Turning away for the umpteenth time , she gave a little frustrated sigh . |
| 24 | Just think , you 'd be your own boss , up to a point , master of your own destiny , not slaving away for a pittance while someone else makes all the profit . ’ |
| 25 | Yeah , they getting away for a weekend . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | You could soon be flying away for an exciting holiday in Reims , the heart of Champagne country — all it takes is three questions and a little imaginative sparkle ! |
| 28 | Every month almost two thirds of the British population participate in some kind of sales promotion , either by trading in a money-off coupon , entering a competition or sending away for a free gift . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |