Example sentences of "then [verb] [pers pn] away [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | They then ferry them away to different waters in tanks in the back of transit vans . |
| 3 | It would also , one presumes , sell the information to the American government which would then give it away to other countries in order to meet America 's international obligations . |
| 4 | It 's pointless to take notes and then put them away until exam revision . |
| 5 | He rubbed them with a paper napkin and then put them away in his jacket because they seemed ugly in front of this pretty girl . |
| 6 | He held it to his nose and smelled its furry warmth , then spun it away from him with a twinge of regret at having torn it so wantonly . |
| 7 | He set his bag down and slipped the pendant over his neck , holding the jade circle a moment between his fingers , feeling the cool smoothness of its slightly convex surface , then tucked it away beneath his tunic . |
| 8 | He was breaking her on his wheel of fire , forcing her with him to a high-point of surrender , then casting her away as if her touch were a contamination . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | One of his mentor-girls in Scotland had told him once , in all seriousness , that it was against the law to use a rubber johnny then throw it away without knotting in the dangerous efflusions . |
| 11 | He walked from the Old Bailey into Rosie 's arms — then pushed her away in her wheelchair . |