Example sentences of "[be] away to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stranraer are away to East Stirling tomorrow , with Meadowbank playing Stenhousemuir and Alloa facing Queen 's Park . |
| 2 | Stranraer are away to East Stirling tomorrow , with Meadowbank playing Stenhousemuir and Alloa facing Queen 's Park . |
| 3 | G. E. Policemen in those days , particularly like me who had been away to sea , were a bit rough . |
| 4 | ‘ If you 're away to glory in some sort of wilderness I suppose I have n't much option — but I must say that this is mighty strange — ’ |
| 5 | And my my aunt that I my grandmother that I stayed with , their neighbour down the stair was quite indignant and saying , I 'm away to work and she 's getting twelve shillings the same . |
| 6 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 7 | You know he used to see to a lot of our meals , and see that we were away to school and such-like . ’ |
| 8 | Is away to work ? |
| 9 | She 'll be round on Friday afternoon or Saturday some time I said we 'd be here from four o'clock on Friday so I 'll take it down to John 's today then it 's away to work I 've got the rubbish in the bins right ? |
| 10 | Yes he 's away to work , yeah . |