Example sentences of "clear [adv] the [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make the beds or clear away the breakfast things ? ’ |
| 2 | Clear out the Process Directory completely , and try again . |
| 3 | It would have been like Donleavy to try to clear up the Asmar mess himself . |
| 4 | So whether you 're tidying away some of those large toys that the kids had for Christmas , and have got fed-up with , storing a few treasures in the loft , using it as a laundry or shopping basket , or even to clear up the garden rubbish , the ‘ Monster ’ will take it . |
| 5 | ‘ What are you wearing for the party ? ’ asked Irene , as they cleared away the tea things . |
| 6 | ‘ Shush , Conrad , ’ Lee said disapprovingly , and cleared away the soup dishes . |
| 7 | Skandia chief executive Bjorn Wolrath , who will head the combined group , said the merger cleared up the ownership uncertainty surrounding Skandia . |
| 8 | Leeds cleared up the injury mystery last night surrounding England international David Batty . |
| 9 | By ten-thirty , Beth had cleared away the breakfast things , washed the dishes and stacked them into the big dresser , wiped down the kitchen table , taken the coconut matting from the floor and hung it over the line outside where she beat every speck of dust from it before replacing it over her freshly scrubbed quarry tiles ; all that done she was now enjoying a cup of tea , before setting about the drawing room . |
| 10 | I have just cleared away the tea things . ’ |
| 11 | When he came back she had cleared away the supper things and was pressing out biscuit fish with her eldest child 's toy cooking set . |
| 12 | In fact Filippo appeared just as they were clearing away the coffee things . |
| 13 | She turned to Amy , who was clearing up the dressing trolley . |