Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] away [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sentries had been primed to admit him without challenge , Alexei noted , and as soon as his escort had dismounted a trooper wearing the gorget of a provost came out of the gatehouse and led them away towards the stables . |
| 2 | She crossed to the doorway and led them away from the shed . |
| 3 | An Elf war fleet led by Tyrion defeats the Norse in a huge sea battle and drives them away from the coast of Ulthuan . |
| 4 | She wiped them away with the back of one trembling hand . |
| 5 | I thought they 'd hidden me away in a cupboard . |
| 6 | Years ago Constance 's mother had kept chickens at the bottom of the garden , and when they went off the lay one of her sons-in-law had strangled them and she had given them away to the neighbours , being unable to eat a bird she had known personally . |
| 7 | The zoo-man at the turnstile 'd come rushing out and Vern 'd get scared and drag me away to the place where he 'd hidden my … |
| 8 | She wanted to snatch them up and hide them away from the coolly assessing scrutiny that seemed to lay her bare . |
| 9 | The secret is to use them to create a striking feature , and not just hide them away in a shady corner of the garden . |
| 10 | ‘ Perhaps you could give me one of these coins and send me away with a beating ? |
| 11 | To say nothing of mashing the boring bits down to a slurry of images , hosing them away with a touch of your finger . |
| 12 | If you want to produce as many young as possible , it is best to hatch and rear them away from the parents . |
| 13 | ‘ Send him away with a flea in his ear . |
| 14 | He grappled with Slatter , tearing him away from the motionless body . |
| 15 | Elvis had then travelled forwards in time , locating each potential mother of the Anti-Christ and wooed her away from the Satanic father to be . |
| 16 | Mercer drew him away to a comer , and slowly , haltingly , the general good humour resurfaced . |
| 17 | She drew him away to the corner by the iced water machine . |
| 18 | But Kathleen Mary Butterfield lured him away with a bounce of her fat orange curls , and I found them roly-polying down the hill together behind the shrubbery . |
| 19 | Like all the maidens , in all the stories , half seduced and half petrified , she consented to Fenna 's plans and he swept her high on his great wings and bore her away over the roofs of London and higher and higher cavorting and caracolling through the star-spun night . |
| 20 | A firm hand caught hold of her left arm , drew it away from the female curve of her body . |
| 21 | Realising that it is far too late in her life to expect her to do more than make an effort to modify this trait in her character , you should see if you can direct it away from the home . |
| 22 | The spent kick slaps down near your leading foot and you hook it away with the crook of your ankle . |
| 23 | Across the fire Travis studied his cup before tossing it away with an irritable gesture . |
| 24 | My right hon. Friend has shown the utmost skill and stamina over the past two days in keeping us away from the dangerous path towards the centralised Europe that none of us who are good Europeans want to see . |
| 25 | An empty drink tube rolled between their feet as the jitney wheeled into motion , whisking them away from the cargo concourse and plunging into the tunnels of Plenty . |
| 26 | Returning to London , and influenced by Ruskin and Octavia Hill , she went to work as a volunteer at a number of slum-housing projects around Marylebone , where her contributions ranged from carpentry to moral tutoring and advising the poor of the district on careers , and attempting to lead them away from the evils of alcohol . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's a good thing you do n't know any secrets — you 'd give them away to the milkman ! ’ ’ |
| 28 | Do n't just give them away to the adventurers if they do n't bother even to search this room ; they must make an effort to find these bizarre items and take an interest in finding out what they do . |
| 29 | ‘ You do not know , ’ said Lili , ‘ how many women would gladly put away for ever their suspender-belt and stockings — put them away with the relief of the weary warrior hanging up his shield after battle . ’ |
| 30 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |