Example sentences of "[vb base] it away from the " in BNC.

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1 For skin rolling , seize the flesh between thumb and forefinger and lift it away from the bone .
2 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
3 Keep it away from the pots and pans .
4 No no careful bring it away from the baby .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Two spectators jump in , seize his trembling body and carry it away from the dancers .
8 you might be better just doing it this way , just work out what thirty per cent of it is and then take it away from the original
9 She had borrowed the police sergeant 's knife to cut the clothing and pull it away from the wound .
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