Example sentences of "[verb] away or " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Walter Map this was his mother 's teaching : he should keep aspirants waiting in hope , she said , deliberately spinning out their affairs , for an unruly hawk , if meat is held out to it and then snatched away or hid , will become keener and more inclined to be attentive and obedient . |
| 2 | But do n't get too carried away or your popularity with your owner may temporarily be lost . |
| 3 | In the years when this inexplicable phenomenon occurs — and it usually happens around Christmas , and so is known by the local fishermen as El Niño — the plankton suddenly vanish , the fish die and the birds fly away or are left to starve and rot . |
| 4 | I had been counting on his saying no to at least one of those , so that I could issue a hollow guffaw and depart , shaking my head ruefully ; but he did not , and I had no choice but to slink away or sign in . |
| 5 | Rather than ramming the trainers with the guns , the dolphins either " swam away or put their snouts on the trainers ' shoulders — very affectionately ! " |
| 6 | The sexual struggle is of two kinds ; in the one it is between individuals of the same sex , generally the male sex , in order to drive away or kill their rivals , the females remain passive ; whilst in the other the struggle is likewise between the individuals of the same sex , in order to excite or charm those of the opposite sex , generally the females , which no longer remain passive , but select more agreeable partners . |
| 7 | It comes from critics who imagine themselves penning formidable papers which , like those of Gregor Mendel , are hidden away or ignored for many years — and do not fare too well , therefore , in ISI 's listings . |
| 8 | But the lust for escape was a powerful one and the fact that escape was possible made the idea a great stimulus whether you got away or not . |
| 9 | ( Note : You might wish to use scrap paper for this ‘ processing ’ exercise , so that you can later throw away or burn the negative thoughts and beliefs . ) |
| 10 | You must be able to remove it quickly in case of fire , or some other emergency , so attach it to the window surround with double-sided tape , which can be easily ripped away or frequently replaced if you want to open up all the windows for a weekly blast of fresh air through the home . |
| 11 | I thought they was going to catch a train , and that 's why they was hugging and kissing and that , but I du n no — maybe they was just planning to go away or summat . |
| 12 | This gives time for water to drain away or to be picked up by wet vacuum . |
| 13 | If the council thinks that you have given away or used up savings in order to qualify for , or increase the amount of your benefit they can treat you as still having those savings . |
| 14 | After several days of dividing their possessions into things they wished to keep and things which could be given away or sold , they were ready to leave the house for the last time . |
| 15 | I am sure , however , that the idea of the entire SBG being given away or sold to some form of socialised ownership would not be too popular in that quarter . |
| 16 | After his death many were given away or sold for a few pounds , and he was largely ignored as a painter until in 1987 six examples of his work were loaned to an exhibition entitled ‘ A Paradise Lost ’ at the Barbican Art Gallery , devoted to the neo-Romantic movement . |
| 17 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 18 | Any females which are not ripe will either stay away or beat a hasty retreat . |
| 19 | First , we may think of the traditional or even oldfashioned type of man with tangible material things which belong to him — land and houses , horses and cattle , furniture and jewellery and pictures — things which he may use or destroy ( so far as that is physically possible ) ; from which he may exclude others ; which he may sell or give away or bequeath ; which , if he has made no disposition of them , will pass on his death to persons related to him . |
| 20 | I 'll run away or summat , or hide from Mr Jackson . |
| 21 | People who respond in this way have often had a difficult early life when they had separation forced upon them , maybe by a parent being hospitalized or going away or dying . |
| 22 | You 're not going away or anything ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know what , well the I mean it 's all paid for so we 'd either depending how many people are going away or whatever |
| 24 | It makes no sense arguing with them , so I had to walk away or get involved in fights . |
| 25 | The fear of losing your children as they grow up , that the man you love is going to walk away or stop loving you ? |
| 26 | The edges are carefully bitten away or grosed to fit . |
| 27 | Mont Blanc exists , and it will go on existing until it wears away or an earthquake knocks it over . |
| 28 | Jenna stood perfectly still and felt unable to look away or make any sort of move . |
| 29 | so it will either wash away or grow out . |
| 30 | And so it is not easily worn away or eroded . |