Example sentences of "away [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , one local authority should not receive double the amount of grant received by another only a few miles away for the provision of exactly the same level of service , which is the case at the moment . |
| 2 | ‘ But please do n't believe that I 'm pining away for the lack of a man in my life . |
| 3 | Why do n't we just go away for the day ? ’ |
| 4 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 5 | It 's also great for families : ‘ Minders ’ give younger children their own holiday while parents sail away for the day . |
| 6 | ‘ It was his first job and he locked himself away for the day with a feather and a bottle of wine , ’ remembers Sally . |
| 7 | Hilary 's away for the day — gone on a long hike to tune himself up , as he put it . |
| 8 | Although the twins were disappointed that Kerry-Jane was away for the day , on a visit to her grandmother , they happily helped with packing the picnic into the car . |
| 9 | ah , just a sec we will go away for the day if my |
| 10 | Deuce slipped away for the drink . |
| 11 | ‘ Let's go away for the weekend , ’ he said . |
| 12 | On one occasion she packed up her car as if about to go away for the weekend , then sauntered up the street , leading the press to believe she had gone to buy a packet of Polos . |
| 13 | I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world . |
| 14 | ‘ I 've promised to take Claudia away for the weekend , and she 's not going to let me off it even though we 're so shorthanded . |
| 15 | He had hidden it , thinking it would come in useful if he persuaded any girls to go away for the weekend with him . |
| 16 | I will protect you , play games with you , take you away for the weekend . |
| 17 | She and had obviously gone away for the weekend . |
| 18 | If you go away for the weekend during the winter , leave the central heating on the minimum thermostat setting , with the programmer set to 24-hour operation and remove or prop open the loft hatch . |
| 19 | Getting away for the weekend , or even for a day of walking , is the ideal cure for those post-summer-oh-my-God-how-can-I-afford-Christmas blues . |
| 20 | It would have been different if the other girls had been in the flat , but they were both away for the weekend . |
| 21 | Mary and Reggie had gone away for the weekend , and would not be back until evening . |
| 22 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 23 | Perhaps he was away for the weekend . |
| 24 | Sorry , old boy , going away for the weekend . ’ |
| 25 | I thought you might be away for the weekend . ’ |
| 26 | The boss is away for the weekend and I 'm on call . |
| 27 | I 've no intention of staying over there longer than I have to , and Sorrel 's away for the weekend herself . ’ |
| 28 | Jean Parmiter sent her apologies for being unable to teach as arranged ; she and her husband had had to go away for the weekend . |
| 29 | They 're away for the weekend . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |