Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 … |
| 2 | She wanted to snatch them up and hide them away from the coolly assessing scrutiny that seemed to lay her bare . |
| 3 | The spent kick slaps down near your leading foot and you hook it away with the crook of your ankle . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | New Zealands should be brushed off , hosed down and dried before you put them away for the summer . |
| 6 | He picked the clothes up off the floor and put them away in the wardrobe , and found the President a clean pair of slacks and a shirt before sweeping up the broken glass . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm surprised Mr Lawler let you away at the end of your shift , ’ Maggie said . |
| 8 | if I hang on to that and put it away in the garage and hang on to the key so I can get the right , the right lock |
| 9 | If you have a ‘ tasty ’ car , lock it away in the garage at night . |
| 10 | So get them away from the mains and then what do you do ? |
| 11 | And she 'd to go to , to get her into the pony and cart and get her away to the doctor 's and get it stitched and , oh boy . |
| 12 | For skin rolling , seize the flesh between thumb and forefinger and lift it away from the bone . |
| 13 | ( If she has suffered an electric shock , push her away from the electric equipment with a broom handle before touching her , or by turning off the electricity mains . ) |
| 14 | Drag him away from the actual |
| 15 | ‘ Keep them away from the fighting until the poor bloody infantry gets a chance to stop running . |
| 16 | Moving trauma can be lessened for pets if you keep them away from the hustle and bustle . |
| 17 | Keep her away from the taps — or buy a tap cover — never leave her unattended . |
| 18 | You better not get it on the furniture as well , keep it away from the furniture , now put it on the paper or else do n't use it |
| 19 | Keep it away from the pots and pans . |
| 20 | Such questions go well beyond the scope of this book , but they point us away from the epistemological frame of reference of this chapter towards the socio-cultural one of the next . |
| 21 | No no careful bring it away from the baby . |
| 22 | Choose a sideshoot of the current year 's growth that is hardening at the base , then tear it away from the main stem with a sliver of wood . |
| 23 | About the fishes who swallow human sins , and carry them away to the ocean . |
| 24 | Such forces carry him away from the mainstream of Caribbean life into the tributaries of a distinct black youth culture . |
| 25 | A man who was very friendly with another , or his senior kinsmen , could adopt a more expository technique : he would sit facing him and take his left hand ; as he made his points he would take his friend 's little finger , move it away from the others and hold it : ‘ first … ‘ then the next finger : ‘ second … ‘ ; until he had moved the digits all to one side , like beads on an abacus . |
| 26 | I shall tear out your soul , and carry it away to the Prison of Hostages , and then perhaps the Conablaiche will come to tear out your heart , for there is nothing my Master likes so well as a warm heart , a Mortal heart , still beating , fresh and running with blood and juices … |
| 27 | Two spectators jump in , seize his trembling body and carry it away from the dancers . |
| 28 | The other Rex put his hands to the long table-top , tore it from its legs and cast it away into the darkness . |
| 29 | The technique of rotational coherence spectroscopy illustrates particularly well the advantages of working in the time , rather than the frequency , domain — even if some of its most useful applications move us away from the femtosecond world . |
| 30 | Boot sector viruses , such as Brain and Joshi , hide themselves away in the boot sector of a hard disk and are able to go memory-resident every time the PC is booted up . |