Example sentences of "away [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say they started on a Monday at two o'clock in the afternoon , he or she will take them away for the first hour and go through some of the main points of their work here . |
| 2 | ‘ I got a lot of response from the article and my request for someone to move into my home and look after the children while I was away for the eight months in Bristol , ’ she said . |
| 3 | She 's abroad — she 's away for the entire year on sabbatical … |
| 4 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 5 | Each month we have a pair of Saucony shoes to give away for the best letter on a running issue . |
| 6 | And when he 'd finished and been weighed again and she 'd changed his diaper and put it in the special container to go away for the chemical analysis — And a nasty old job that must be to do ! |
| 7 | Hacker put the match beyond doubt two minutes after the interval with his second strike , although Jeremy Fry in the Welsh goal was called upon to make two smart saves before , in the last minute , Mark Lewis , one of only two home-based Welsh players in the side , sent Antony Colclough away for the final goal . |
| 8 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 9 | She 'd explained that he 'd be staying away for the two nights , which he 'd never done before ; she only hoped she 'd explained it well enough . |
| 10 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 11 | Turning away for the umpteenth time , she gave a little frustrated sigh . |
| 12 | A curt note arrived shortly afterwards from Mauve , telling him to stay away for the next two months . |
| 13 | Clear away for the next course , ’ said Rose . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you going to arrange to be away for the next few days ? ’ |
| 15 | The fishing nets and the postcards were no longer on display , and the woollens and the charming useless pottery had been packed away for the coming winter and the new season to follow-then they were out of the village , passing through a scattering of newer and less substantial houses and following the narrow lakeside road to Langstone . |
| 16 | There is no point in ransacking the cellar for the finest bottled sunshine that has been put away for the special occasion . |
| 17 | And it was funny , the carrion crows use to keep away for the whole week nearly . |
| 18 | There have been those burrowing away for the last year seeking a more sinister reasons . |
| 19 | They were watching the camp pack away for the last time before it moved on without them . |
| 20 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
| 21 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 22 | They were locked away for the closing stages of the case in Denver , Colorado , to prevent the tragedy influencing their decision . |
| 23 | The way the beam is reflected from the surface of the disc is of course affected by the presence of the pits , areas where the reflective surface has been burned away during the original encoding process . |
| 24 | do things out , you know , this is me , because this is what a holiday for me is , is all about get away off the regular routine of |
| 25 | Subject to invasions and to the steady and relentless pressure to Germanise or Polonise themselves they had watched their language and culture dwindle away as the other Pomeranian cultures had done before them . |
| 26 | His question trailed away as the pedlar burst out of the bar , saw them and ran forward . |
| 27 | There is every likelihood that the versions of antiracism I have criticized will wither away as the local state structures on which they have relied are destroyed by the conflict with central government . |
| 28 | But they do n't speak any English , I do n't speak any Arabic , so I 'm gesturing away about the bar-tailed lark and not being able to go into the forbidden zone , and somehow or other the leader understands what I 'm going on about and makes me understand that because they 're nomads they do n't have to follow international boundaries . |
| 29 | The idea is that while your guests are chattering happily away about the fabulous cottage pie , you , the host , are making subtle changes in the dining-room decor . |
| 30 | You are welcome to call me at home on if you want to discuss this , but note that I am away between the 3rd-19th April . |