Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shifts interaction between pupils away from casual social conversation in the direction of discussion about the task in hand , and in doing so it reduces the amount of time spent by the teacher on matters of routine . |
| 2 | ‘ You work all over the place , and you must spend a great deal of time away from home . ’ |
| 3 | There has already been a switch of emphasis away from sheltered housing for the elderly to other groups in special need , and what money has been available has been targetted to those areas which have not been well served in the past ( peripheral housing estates , remote areas and less attractive small towns ) , or to developments offering very special facilities ( eg sheltered housing for the elderly deaf ) . |
| 4 | Before you throw away the plastic strap which holds a four-pack of cans away , snip each ring the straps can end up in ponds and rivers , where they catch around the legs of waterfowl and wildlife , with potentially lethal consequences . |
| 5 | Chucked a big piece of salmon away , Herbert did n't want it . |
| 6 | I am out here alone , unprotected , only a thin piece of plastic-canvas away from lions , buffalo , leopards and hyena . |
| 7 | He pulled the last piece of bandage away , revealing the bald dome of his subject . |
| 8 | He took the piece of paper away with him , the name filled in above the pre-signed certificate , and showed it to Barnett who was pleased and who believed that it was worth having . |
| 9 | Right , it 's not too late to start to again , I , I 'll chuck this piece of paper away for you . |
| 10 | ‘ You look tired , ’ he said , raising a hand to brush a lock of hair away from her brow . |
| 11 | US trade associations have claimed that this represents a diversion of 1.93 billion lbs of aluminium away from the solid waste stream . |
| 12 | But most of the time the only reminders of the outside world were remote sounds which merely emphasized the quiet of the room itself — the murmur of traffic away in Fleet Street , a typewriter clicking somewhere , some girls giggling , milk bottles falling over , a boy whistling . |
| 13 | EIGHT teenagers in 10 go to parties at homes with parents away , a Yellow Pages survey shows . |
| 14 | When one comes into fruit in the rain forests of South America , animals from miles away flock to it . |
| 15 | Chamfer the cut edges of pipe to allow easy fitting of the coupling — a few gentle taps with a hammer to chip away the edge is enough . |
| 16 | Remember I 'm no trollop to while away the hours for you . ’ |
| 17 | With these changes , and after setting suitable formats , you can see that amount actually deposited by putting £1 per month away starting in 1900 is only worth £199 . |
| 18 | Mr Ashdown professed to be delighted that the Tories had taken the Liberal Democrats head on last week , in an attempt to chip away at their support . |
| 19 | Jodami and Rushing Wild jumped the last together , and Jodami found the vital extra gear to edge away . |
| 20 | The reorganisation of DTI away from sectors has proved to be successful . |
| 21 | Cut strips of peel away from the top downwards with a very sharp knife so that the orange is completely free from the white membranes of the peel . |
| 22 | The British attitude was that American troops should remain pending the completion of the UN task in supervising elections ; the change of policy away from the Moscow agreement , which Britain had so far supported , would be justified in the UN debate on the grounds that the assumptions on future developments at Moscow had proved erroneous and the only course of action now was to appoint a UN temporary commission . |
| 23 | UA was idealistically founded to act as a distribution agency to give independent producers freedom of expression away from the restraints of the major studios . |
| 24 | Maybe O Leary 's been getting the coaching right in that department , or maybe a bit of luck away has steadied their nerve , perhaps a bit of both . |
| 25 | As we looked around the store , Reid explained to me , ‘ Johnson worked on a pearling lugger , stashed a bit of money away , looked around for the healthiest woman on the island , married her and set up shop . |
| 26 | Steep routes , close to the road , sunshine , pleasant surroundings and generally good quality rock ; plus there 's a bit of adventure away from the crowds for those prepared to look for it . |
| 27 | She pushed the sketches of Kenilworth away from her with an abrupt movement . |
| 28 | How is it going to be able to compete against Microsoft , when Bill Gates is giving that kind of stuff away ? ’ |
| 29 | Ask me to listen to Beethoven and my mind kind of drifts away … |
| 30 | Most of those leaving the cities have done so through the commercial market and they have moved for a variety of reasons ( Kennett and Hall , 1981 ) : more freely-available , cheaper , owner-occupied housing might be found beyond the cities in environmentally-attractive locations ; households are more mobile — car-ownership rates doubled between 1961 and 1981 and the electrification of some InterCity lines has encouraged a marked decentralization of people away from London to areas such as Peterborough , Stamford ( Lincs. ) and even Newark ( Notts. ) ; many move out of cities on retirement ; and for the economically active in the south of England , movement out of London becomes ever more attractive as many commercial activities leave the capital . |