Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] away as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many more ancient monuments and ruins existed than survive today , they were either thought of as relatively recent ruins or natural phenomena , or else they were explained away as having been made by gods or legendary heroes . |
| 2 | The company also made records for the ‘ World-echo ’ and ‘ Siemens ’ labels , and they were given away as Christmas presents in giant Christmas crackers made by Mead & Fields Ltd . |
| 3 | More sinister changelings became channels for daemons which walked the land in those host bodies , twisting and melting their anatomy into devilish monstrosities with scales and horns , claws and feelers — until the possessed bodies finally fell apart , until the vestiges of corrupted mind were sucked away as spirit-meat for those parasites from outside of normality . |
| 4 | They were turned away as eight fire engines brought firefighters to tackle the blaze at St Anselm and Cecilia church in Holborn , London . |
| 5 | In 1842 the youngest employee at the mine was a girl aged six , yet numbers were turned away as being too young ! |
| 6 | ‘ On the train from Harwich to London our cases were taken away as our guarantors did not want us wearing funny clothes , ’ one girl remembers . |
| 7 | Within days my razor-sharp gleaming long knife was slicing away as fast an an Austin Seven 's piston , much to the watching queue 's fascinated appreciation . |
| 8 | Dust was washed away as the rain continued to pelt down . |
| 9 | But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan . |
| 10 | But the thrill I felt at the strange beauty was swept away as I got out and the wind struck me . |
| 11 | Eventually the horse was led away as wholly useless and intractable . |
| 12 | ‘ Not if he was taken away as soon as he was born . |
| 13 | He was backing away as he whined his protest . |