Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is completely sealed so that any accidental spills are contained and easily wiped away , while the double pan supports offer a flush area for easy and safe movement of heavy pans across the hotplate . |
| 2 | The old woman came and silently cleared away , without once looking at me , even when I pointed at the few cakes left and praised them in my stilted Greek ; the hermit master evidently liked silent servants . |
| 3 | A small friendly old pub pleasantly furnished and discreetly tucked away behind The Scotsman office . |
| 4 | Tacitus lamented that Britain had been ‘ completely conquered and immediately thrown away ’ . |
| 5 | The advantages of the private law model are as follows : ( 1 ) It assumes that the rights investors would have had in the absence of statutory intervention should be preserved unless clearly taken away . |
| 6 | After what seemed an eternity the engine was restarted and gradually faded away into the night . |
| 7 | The rock has to be mined and then thrown away , so is not held in very high esteem . |
| 8 | Catching his eye again , she blinked and quickly looked away . |