Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] away from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As built by Franklin the outer stumps were so slanted away from the middle that the balls were only precariously balanced . |
| 2 | A French couple found coupling in a London museum recently were simply sent away from the fascinated onlookers . |
| 3 | The square was gently raised away from the face . |
| 4 | Members of the local black community were enraged by reports that the driver of the vehicle , Yoseph Lisef , 22 , who had sustained only minor injuries , was quickly taken away from the scene of the accident by a private Jewish ambulance service , whilst the more seriously injured children were left to wait for attention from a city ambulance crew . |
| 5 | Circular shafts were dug down to the seams and coal was then dug away from the sides until the pit was in danger of collapsing , which it eventually did after the pit had been abandoned . |