Example sentences of "away [art] [noun pl] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 2 | Travis swore and bent down , stripping away the blankets and lifting her into his arms without any effort at all . |
| 3 | Mr Dowding is a leading official in the local National Farmers ' Union and is aware of the risks involved in throwing away the drugs and chemicals . |
| 4 | She pushed away the papers and rubbed at her eyes , she would have to visit the creditors , pay them a little of their money and then beg them for time to pay the rest . |
| 5 | Her voice blew away the cobwebs and I put on something respectable to cross the road ; she sounded like a child going to a party . |
| 6 | Suddenly Water Gypsy 's hitherto charming interior seemed claustrophobic , and she decided a brisk walk along the towpath might blow away the cobwebs and the fit of blues that bedevilled her . |
| 7 | They make such excellent roomy holes that often other animals , lacking the tools for carpentry but otherwise of a powerful disposition , such as owls and squirrels , will drive away the woodpeckers and claim the holes for themselves . |
| 8 | But the charge of a conspiracy among philosophers and theologians to take away the toys and joys of faith will not stick . |
| 9 | I declined the invitation the only thoughts in my head were finding my bed to soothe away the aches and pains . |
| 10 | Gradually they hope to strip away the disguises and help both partners to understand themselves and each other better and recognize the ways in which they interact . |
| 11 | The girls had washed and put away the cups and plates , covered the few squares of sandwiches that remained with a damp cloth . |
| 12 | Take away the clothes and you take away the personality . |
| 13 | All the red people lighting a bonfire for her , to brighten away the wolves and tigers of this dreadful forest in which she lived . |
| 14 | He took her to Benny Onkom 's , the Thai joint , last week , four ninety-five per stick of satay , let's see , a pig weighs maybe six hundred pounds , throw away the guts and bones and shit , that 's maybe three hundred pounds of pork , and there 's maybe two ounces of pork in a stick of satay , if that , that 's eight times three hundred times five bucks … |
| 15 | When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter . |
| 16 | A mile away the searchlights and the ack-ack tore the sky . |
| 17 | We had to sit there watching it for days to keep away the dogs and chickens and stop the crows and vultures swooping down and snatching it away . ’ |
| 18 | In the end I was again rescued by the housekeeper , Zillah , who ordered away the dogs and helped me to my feet . |
| 19 | Again McNab had been summoned and again he had insisted on clearing away the mustard-plasters and compresses . |
| 20 | ‘ Yer Mum asked me to call in and clear away the crocks and tek the chairs outside ready ter goo back ter the mission 'all . ’ |
| 21 | In the 1990s it 's fashionable to concentrate on healing the inner self , to soothe away the stresses and rigours of modern life . |
| 22 | Even if he shot away the locks and released the captive kids now , they had nowhere to go . |
| 23 | Is it now time to throw away the charts and graphs , have a ceremonial burning of the diary ? |
| 24 | Scoop away the seeds and discard . |
| 25 | ‘ Put away the lesson-books and fetch the supper-trays ! ’ called Miss Miller . |
| 26 | Throughout the morning on which Morse was addressing his audience in Bath , and stripping away the deceptions and the half-truths which hitherto had veiled the naked truth of the case , there was much activity at the Trout Inn , a fine riverside hostelry set between the weir and the Godstow Lock in the village of Wolvercote , only a couple of miles out on the western side of North Oxford . |
| 27 | Spokesman Tony Diggins said they believed the men planned to take away the animals and sell the meat on the black market . |
| 28 | Spokesman Tony Diggins said they believed the men planned to take away the animals and sell the meat on the black market . |
| 29 | She opened the dresser drawer to put away the knives and spoons . |