Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] away a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Flavia Sherman brushed away a strand of hair that had fallen across his eyes and smiled fondly at him .
2 DeVore looked away a moment , then nodded .
3 Dr Groome brushed away a cloud of fine wires connecting the patient to his tank .
4 Norway gave away a penalty on a — very — inexperienced push by one of the new players in the team in the area and the turks got two more in the second half .
5 But peter pulled away a bit in the second round ( Thomson 71 ; Thomas 74 ) and he won by four strokes .
6 Sunderland had a new manager to show off … a big crowd to shout them on … and the bounce of the ball … but Swindon still came out on top … mind you when Shaun Taylor gave away a penalty in the first half … things looked a bit dodgy …
7 An unforced error by Faulkner gave away a penalty corner which was converted by Saeed Anjum .
8 Hereford were killed off at the start of the second half … they shot themselves as Steve Devine gave away a penalty
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