Example sentences of "take [pron] away [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 He takes it away to read in private .
2 His mother might take me away to live with her .
3 Knox recounts how they piled up a great heap of stones at the place of martyrdom , and no matter that the priests had them removed , and threatened excommunication , they were always replaced , until one night the papists found the permanent solution , taking them away to build into walls .
4 After asking what they would like to drink , Vitor provided cut-crystal glasses of vinho verde , but his duties as host quickly took him away to pour refills and greet other arrivals .
5 She clicked it and took it away to reveal the red drop of blood that the tiny lancet 's pin prick had produced .
6 ‘ Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness ?
7 When she was younger and thoroughly impatient with her mother she had sometimes entertained a fantasy that Constance would kidnap her and take her away to live with the gipsies : now she felt that she might not have liked it as much as she thought .
8 I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident .
9 He 'd put it between slabs of bread then take it away to eat in the streets .
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