Example sentences of "he [vb past] away a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CI winger Jim Cowden will today be ruing his first minute gaffe when he threw away a try by trying to run under the posts . |
| 2 | He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’ |
| 3 | He tossed away a cigarette as the two men clasped hands . |
| 4 | He gave away a property two years before his death to a discretionary trust . |
| 5 | Then , leaving his sobbing family at home , he dashed to a soccer match , where he gave away a penalty and cheated his team of a victory . |
| 6 | Fraser Digby was trying to save the day when he gave away a penalty … |
| 7 | Fraser Digby was trying to save the day when he gave away a penalty … |
| 8 | When Grimsby offered him his first trial with a Football League club , he gave away a penalty after two minutes . |
| 9 | We read the , read the agreements differently to what they did but he 'd lean towards the drivers , conductors and he gave away a lot of what had tried to erm stop them from having because they were n't really entitled to it but he saw differently and gave it away and course once you 've given it away you , no way of retracting it , but then came in and , well , I mean he was a real transport man , his , his vision and his ideas were really good and he made it what it is today . |