Example sentences of "[v-ing] [indef pn] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that he was a changed man , keeping everyone away from him and insisting on moving to the North Bastion Tower . ’ |
| 2 | rather than filing everything away then having |
| 3 | The idea of getting everyone away is to isolate them from mundane worries so that they can concentrate wholeheartedly on the task in hand . |
| 4 | There has been strong speculation that Pepsi Cola are putting up the money but David Murray , Rangers ' owner and chairman who bought the club exactly a year ago yesterday , is giving nothing away . |
| 5 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 6 | ‘ When would you say it was done , then ? ’ he asked , giving nothing away . |
| 7 | Miss Harker , if she had any inkling , was giving nothing away . |
| 8 | Still Vologsky remained rigid , his blank face giving nothing away . |
| 9 | The Fedpol leader was listening stolidly , giving nothing away . |
| 10 | The two boys laughed blandly , giving nothing away . |
| 11 | ‘ They 've got it up the stairs and through the front door , ’ he told them , the practical words giving nothing away about his mood . |
| 12 | She cast a swift , assessing look over Shannon , her eyes giving nothing away . |
| 13 | Radio 5 is giving nothing away whatsoever . |
| 14 | His dark face was expressionless , giving nothing away . |
| 15 | It was the first time he 'd spoken , and his voice was aloof , his dark face shuttered and remote , giving nothing away . |
| 16 | Wait for the champagne ! ’ her father protested , his face giving everything away now . |
| 17 | ‘ Your thunderous expression has a curious habit of giving everything away . ’ |
| 18 | But remember — the retailer may appear to be giving something away , but he 's in business to make sales . |
| 19 | One of his first papers was called the neuro psychoses of defence , and defence meant fending something away from consciousness , what he later called repression . |
| 20 | Was he giving anything away ? |
| 21 | If you can get what you want without giving anything away then avoid conceding anything . |
| 22 | But , like all those close to her , Ted is not giving anything away about Selina . |
| 23 | Beyond that , Softlab is n't giving anything away : US rules say it may not discuss talks until agreement is won . |
| 24 | Alice probed Andrew , but he was either not giving anything away , or was ignorant of Bert 's and Jasper 's alternative ideas . |
| 25 | But Gran was n't giving anything away , just saying things like ‘ Aye ’ and ‘ Aye , well ’ , and ‘ Not so bad ’ . |
| 26 | It too might be 32-bit , but IBM is n't giving anything away at the moment . |
| 27 | ’ They were n't giving anything away , ’ she said , tightly . |
| 28 | ‘ Are you planning to avenge his death ? ’ he enquired , neither his voice or face giving anything away . |
| 29 | ‘ Not exactly , ’ she answered at last with as much honesty as she could without giving anything away . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's a bit in love with you , ’ murmured Juliet , hoping she was n't giving anything away . |