Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pron] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hours which are wasting him away also seem to have a mental effect on Tithonus as well . |
| 2 | You 're trying to be everything and they 're pushing it away cos it 's not what they really want and they , I mean , all , all you can get from him is how marvellous , you 're right , how marvellous his brothers are and yet , what I 've heard of the brothers they 're not |
| 3 | So I do n't think that we 're turning them away , I think it 's just in church that it 's probably not the most appropriate place to have lots of smoke . |
| 4 | We 're sending her away . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're sending me away ! ’ |
| 6 | Bananas is so cheap , Mrs Parvis says , they 're giving them away with a pound of tea . ’ |
| 7 | The white silk/satin waistcoat emblazoned with the Pimm 's logo ( below ) is a one-off , and we 're giving it away to one lucky reader . |
| 8 | But , Debbie was just getting to the stage where she was just to same on the shift , erm , but yes , you need , like , th , the , you get certain people that , they just need the challenge , but then you can find yourself erm , getting into a situation where you 're giving them those extra things to do but you 're taking them away from somebody else , so they 're like just going into the background , you know . |
| 9 | right cos then you 're taking them away from the fact that you want other quotes right , they 'll say to you oh we were n't thinking of doing it actually until the winter , right and then you can say to them well let me just say that by placing your order in now we can put your installation in hand , right , basically at today 's prices , right , on an extended delivery , right , and you can still qualify for a special offer , right |
| 10 | They 're taking it away so was doing a tape for grandma and granddad and Keith was going , he was going hello grandma and granddad it 's Kenny you know like the three of them and he was going , whoop whoop whoop oh da ! |
| 11 | But I should think part of that good fun would be able to devise means of grabbing power back from Central Government when they 're taking it away from you . |
| 12 | You must do it tonight as they 're taking you away tomorrow . ’ |
| 13 | Alex had thought , You 're throwing me away and trying to make yourself feel good about it . |
| 14 | ‘ They 've been turning them away again , Miss Greene — in their droves … |
| 15 | It is why I am sending you away . ’ |
| 16 | So I do n't know whether they 'd been sending them away , to be er as patterns to some other firm or what , but there was quite a quant there was er a quantity of of casting sand you know black stuff that you use . |
| 17 | To move would be to give myself away and frighten him as much as I was frightened . |
| 18 | Our daughter is soon to be married and I shall be giving her away , but she would like both her stepfather and myself to speak at the reception . |
| 19 | But remember — the retailer may appear to be giving something away , but he 's in business to make sales . |
| 20 | When I went to the antenatal clinic for my very first check-up , this elderly doctor burst through the door , looked at me and said , " You should n't be having this baby , you should be giving it away to somebody less fortunate . " |
| 21 | Because when we take , it 's best to have one here and then Claire will be taking it away with her when you go . |
| 22 | ‘ The only way to know whether we are doing any good would be to take us away for a year ! |
| 23 | My main problem has been dragging myself away from my favourite armchair , prising my eyes from the television and relinquishing my white-knuckle grip around the remote control . |
| 24 | As I would disagree with the notion that we are taking anything away from society , the notion of ‘ putting something back ’ may sound misplaced . |
| 25 | Even those who have entered a deeply religious life where it may appear that they are hiding themselves away from close contact with others have in fact formed a deep and spiritual relationship with their god . |
| 26 | It was almost as if someone were keeping her away from trouble . |
| 27 | His exhaust pipes were pushing him away too . |
| 28 | I was n't afraid of Elizabeth but I was frightened of her mother and I was glad the nuns were leading us away from the road where she lived . |
| 29 | The old man does tell the visitor the story of the woman of Porto Pim ( and his own ) , but there remains something menacing about the silence of the listener-narrator , as though he were taking something away with no intention of giving anything in return . |
| 30 | This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm . |