Example sentences of "[verb] away the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
| 2 | So he hired a lorry , bribed the demolition men to let him cart away the finest doorcases , moulded corner cupboards , cornices and chimney pieces and stored them in a London County Council Historic Buildings warehouse at his own expense . |
| 3 | The cloverleaf aperture shone down on the Bible Room like a brilliant blue sun , driving away the dark shadows , shrinking the inflated terrors of the night to their proper proportions . |
| 4 | A searing fire of elation bathed him suddenly , driving away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 5 | She was standing at the gas-stove , turning a plucked chicken over the flames to singe away the tiny feathers left behind in the skin . |
| 6 | The boto is certainly credited with keeping away the flesh-eating piranha fish . |
| 7 | These mothers had built a cocoon around themselves and their handicapped child which , while keeping away the hurtful comments , wrapped them in with their pain . |
| 8 | The police decided that the murderer had carried away the other half . |
| 9 | In order to account for women 's lack of autonomy it is not sufficient to think merely in terms of removing a veil , or stripping away the outer layers . |
| 10 | But the underlying purpose , that of reducing unnecessary bureaucracy , stripping away the red tape which hinders enterprise and good er governance in this country , is something that the government is very committed to and we intend to promulgate that doctrine throughout all the areas and that of course is being taken forward in legislation . |
| 11 | Can one really strip away the lexical component leaving behind a non-verbal residue which has nothing to do with communication in words ? |
| 12 | She cast away the unwelcome thought that if she was made redundant she would have to find new work immediately or forfeit that small oasis of security she 'd won for herself . |
| 13 | as if explaining away the downright lies and beautiful evasions of his Westerns , this is the one ( echoing Fort Apache , 1948 ) that concludes with the idea that if the legend is better than the truth then you should ‘ print the legend ’ . |
| 14 | Chisel away the damaged timber , keeping the remaining surfaces vertical so you can accurately mark the replacement timber |
| 15 | On May 7th , German troops massing at Thiaumont for an attack were suddenly blanketed by accurate air-directed artillery fire , and noted bitterly that , virtually for the first time , their fighters were unable to drive away the French observation planes . |
| 16 | Only that was n't much consolation at the moment , she admitted , as she began to walk up and down , flapping her arms to drive away the permeating cold . |
| 17 | He smilingly proffered me a cup of watered wine in one of the goblets I had hidden away the previous evening . |
| 18 | Welcoming Lenin 's New Economic Policy , he expressed the hope that the development of Anglo-Soviet trade would persuade Russia to ‘ throw away the last shreds of Bolshevism and Communism by which it is at present fettered . ’ |
| 19 | What she could not know was that by refusing to deal with the Protestant threat until the crown matrimonial had been obtained , she would throw away the strongest card in her anti-Protestant hand before having a chance to play it . |
| 20 | Guiltily he wiped away the girlish tear-stains with the back of his hand . |
| 21 | The voice which Lewis had earlier thought well under control now wavered slightly , and with her handkerchief she quickly wiped away the light film of sweat that had formed on her upper lip . |
| 22 | The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief . |
| 23 | But they wiped away the national disgrace of Wednesday 's defeat to America 's soccer novices by outfighting one of the favourites to win next year 's World Cup here in the States . |
| 24 | Yet even the most productive thoughts and even the bravest of responses to the new dimensions of my predicament could not wholly keep the chill out of my bones or push away the icier gloom from above my head . |
| 25 | Now , pedicures is really a manicure of the toes , but what we do with a pedicure , we actually rub away the hard skin that you may have on the bottom of your feet , on the side of your big toe , that 's usually where it builds up , or on the ball of the foot . |
| 26 | ‘ The real thing that shocks me is my own stupidity , ’ Sabine said curtly , brushing away the caressing hand . |
| 27 | He has turned away the glorious light of his countenance — or maybe the traffic fumes have got in the way , or maybe he 's turned off the telly because of the charismatics . ’ |
| 28 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 29 | It was a significant influence in the wave of strikes of the late Fifties , until Healy 's authoritarian methods drove away the best people . |
| 30 | We see him only through the eyes of the bar-owner , who whiles away the steamy summer afternoons fantasising about this supposed menage a trois . |