Example sentences of "[be] take [pron] away " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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
3 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 !
4 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 .
5 You must do it tonight as they 're taking you away tomorrow . ’
6 Because when we take , it 's best to have one here and then Claire will be taking it away with her when you go .
7 ‘ The only way to know whether we are doing any good would be to take us away for a year !
8 As I would disagree with the notion that we are taking anything away from society , the notion of ‘ putting something back ’ may sound misplaced .
9 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 .
10 This was my case , dusted down from Granny 's attic when they were taking me away from the farm .
11 By that time , their wives had come out of the crowd and got hold of them , and were taking them away .
12 Of course , none of this means that the equipment is taking anything away fromm the chef 's own individual skills which are irreplaceable .
13 It seems to me that however attractive this addendum is , it 's taking us away from the real issue which is about the baptism one which the bishop er also kind of brought up er and which we 've been exercising ourselves over .
14 ‘ I think he 's ruining your life , he 's taking you away from your work , from your thinking , toward something empty and false — he 's certainly wasting your time , they both are , they 're exploiting you . ’
15 Says he 's taking you away , aye .
16 Last night he said he was adding and he took away so what 's he gon na do tonight when he said , really admits he 's taking it away .
17 ‘ He 's taken her away ? ’
18 Just check that no one 's taken anything away from him , will you ?
19 That is to take nothing away from Mitterrand 's remarkable three-hour TV performance last week when he took on — and beat — a TV interviewer , three editors , 12 members of the public and a leading anti-Maastricht politician .
20 The local mum said the most effective way to teach Laura is to take her away from whatever she is doing wrong and keep saying ‘ no ’ .
21 I thought he was taking her away for ever .
22 At the Queen Street entrance she caught a glimpse of a red-clad figure running as fast as her legs would carry her to keep up with the woman who was taking her away .
23 Was taking her away .
24 The same sort of ‘ business ’ that was taking him away for ten days .
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