Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] away [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , by curbing the worst excesses of capitalism , concessions cut into the grievances of the working class so turning them away from action for fundamental transformation . |
| 2 | I 'm not taking it away from directors . |
| 3 | ‘ It was obviously a good way to raise money for local charities , instead of just throwing them away in the waste bins . |
| 4 | And forever drawing you away from the garden are the stupendous views , of the curve of Porth Neigwl , of the Merioneth Mountains , and even , on a clear day , down the full length of Cardigan Bay to St David 's Head in South Wales . |
| 5 | Or he 'll end up giving it away as a present , there 's nowt wrong with box , car , nothing . |
| 6 | Minton , himself , still attended dinners and parties given by Lehmann , even though his interests were now drawing him away from the kind of society that Lehmann represented . |
| 7 | Then the crowd shifted around me , thankfully taking me away from their gazes . |
| 8 | ‘ Venture capitalists ’ is an appropriate name , because the quest for suitable deals is increasingly taking them away from straightforward MBOs . |
| 9 | When the grubs hatch , they tunnel into the wood and carry on gnawing it away for about three years , before turning into pupae just below the surface and so restarting the cycle . |
| 10 | ‘ For some reason rooms were discounted from low-season rate to the point where we were virtually giving them away in a definite shoulder season . |
| 11 | Mother would n't have anything to do with it whatsoever , do n't you bring anything , any of that stuff into our house , I mean of course it be this New Zealand lamb had just arrived on the scene before the First Word War , I mean nobody was , anybody dare have it I mean they 'd be standing on the pavement at eleven o'clock at night almost giving it away on Saturday night , but anyway that 's all changed now , we all eat it . |
| 12 | He was breaking her on his wheel of fire , forcing her with him to a high-point of surrender , then casting her away as if her touch were a contamination . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's for unfreezing car locks , ’ said Robyn , hastily stowing it away in the glove compartment . |
| 14 | we 're asking for public help in telling us where the travellers are gathering , especially on common or open landThe familiar police tactic is to try and keep the travellers in small groups by continually moving them away from the others . |