Example sentences of "[v-ing] away [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Driving away is hard to do . |
| 2 | So I did n't know anything about it you know , till somebody asked me Well asked me really , Mr 's going away is n't he ? |
| 3 | When she told them about her mother 's letter he simply nodded , as if their going away was n't important . |
| 4 | The two areas where there appeared to most difficulty in getting away were Leicestershire and Speyside . |
| 5 | One reason for that drifting away is that , as a result of the Government 's failure to obey European Community rules , we are not getting the money that we should under RECHAR . |
| 6 | When two high priority activities such as approaching and moving away are in balance , lower priority activities may be briefly observed . |
| 7 | 12 Breaking away is hard to do |
| 8 | The groundcrew running away are special effects men running for their lives as the planned-for sequence went wrong but with cinematically-sensational results ! |
| 9 | In general , in a system of large enough horizontal extent , one expects to find a spatially random distribution of thermals with some of them just forming , some in vigorous convection and some fading away , with the interval between formation and fading away being very variable . |
| 10 | So when does the value come down to zero , well it comes down to zero when the bit we 're taking away is equal to that . |
| 11 | You did n't think adding up or taking away was this hard did you ? |
| 12 | I 'm glad you came in there , cos I was merrily talking away was n't I ? |
| 13 | But the reason buyers are shying away is fear of the unknown . |
| 14 | The prospect of eating a meal that someone else had prepared and cooked and would be clearing away was also very pleasant . |
| 15 | Looking back , it seems a marvel that the houses surrounding the Greencroft were never set on fire — the residents must have suffered very anxious hours , but for the rest of us the sight of so many fires all blazing away was one never forgotten . |