Example sentences of "[to-vb] away a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1851 , which , with symbolic appropriateness , was the year in which a hungry urban population exceeded for the first time the population of the countryside , drainage-minded landlords up from the shires were able to carry away a wealth of interesting ideas from the Great Exhibition . |
| 2 | It 's such a great book we decided to give away a copy to every new subscriber to Outdoor Action . |
| 3 | BOC has chosen to take away a lot of the available functionality and choices available within FCRS to provide local operators with a completely menu-driven system for quick and simple data input . |
| 4 | The Open Champion described a delayed rules decision as ‘ pathetic ’ after alleging that home favourite and joint halfway leader Ernie Els had breached regulations when he used his putter to brush away a beetle on the second green . |
| 5 | I could n't believe it , and even after trying to zap away a monster of a hang-over with a can of Lucozade Sport and 4 cups of coffee I still ca n't believe it . |