Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] away [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | were eased away by the warmth of morning . |
| 2 | For many indigenes this meant that their once dependable resources were whittled away to the point of non-sustainability . |
| 3 | For instance , if the clause imposing the obligation only to exercise reasonable endeavours were hidden away in a set of standard terms on the back of a quotation offering in unequivocal terms to paint the house , and the job was otherwise obviously a straightforward one , it is hard to see how reliance on the clause would be reasonable . |
| 4 | The Burgage is close to Cheltenham race course and race goers heading for the first day of the Cheltenham Gold Cup meeting were diverted away from the murder house . |
| 5 | Her words were carried away on the breeze , to join the tumult of sounds . |
| 6 | The loose rocks were carried away in the ice as it slipped downhill into the valleys . |
| 7 | The seeds tended to be large and heavy and passed through the gut in 13 hours , the passage time inversely correlated with specific gravity of the seeds and had an indirect effect on the distance that seeds were dispersed away from the mother tree . |
| 8 | They were whisked away from the theatre by an ever vigilant matron , who stood over them while they had their dreaded wash with cold water from the jug and basin in their room . |
| 9 | PUPILS were turned away from the gates of one of Merseyside 's most troubled schools today after a devastating Bonfire Night arson attack . |
| 10 | PUPILS were turned away from the gates of one of Merseyside 's most troubled schools today , after a devastating Bonfire Night arson attack . |
| 11 | Reporters were turned away from the college , where he has lived since the break-up of his marriage , by the porter , Mr Des Koogan , a former army boxing champion . |
| 12 | Harwich were turned away by the captain . |
| 13 | But even that was a better success rate than among the nests that were built away from the colony . |
| 14 | His humiliation and fear were washed away by a tide of anger , at this open display of contempt . |
| 15 | Soon the plants were floating on top of the grave , and then were washed away in the stream of water flowing through the churchyard . |
| 16 | Only six were noted away from the coast , and birds sometimes made prolonged stays in favoured coastal marshes , for example 35 days in 1965 . |
| 17 | Pearce 's screams were borne away on the wind . |
| 18 | As the sheriff officers supervised the house clearance , construction officials measured the family pigeon lofts and dog runs for removal and the ferrets were packed away under the eyes of an animal welfare officer . |
| 19 | Everything the Bookman did was recorded one way or another and now the piles of notes , drawings and maps were locked away in a safe . |
| 20 | It 's almost as if Hook Norton Brewery were locked away in a time warp ; even in the heart of the brewery , the steam engine which runs it is still there . |
| 21 | The sachets of white pills were locked away in the school secretary 's cupboard . |
| 22 | The steps were worn away at the centre , and Grainne wondered if it was from the footsteps which passed this way every night , or whether it was simply from age . |
| 23 | But besides the lull in firing the rains did bring one advantage ; the spectators were driven away from the hill above the melon beds . |
| 24 | Here , a vast decaying tree whose roots were eaten away from the inside had begun to lean backwards as if longing to sit down , and a massive , arthritic branch had elbowed out several stones from the top of the wall against which it now gratefully rested . |
| 25 | The original Milnes four wheeled cars were now getting very decrepit and it was found that the nine bogie cars would be quite sufficient to provide the normal service between West Croydon and Mitcham , so a number of Milnes cars were stored away in the back parts of the other two depôts . |
| 26 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 27 | AN EPIC match , of huge social and political significance beyond the narrow confines of Barbados , had almost everything save perhaps a crowd , and reached an enthralling climax on the final morning when South Africa , needing only 79 runs with eight wickets remaining for an historic victory in their first Test for 22 years , were swept away on a floodtide of West Indian pride and aggression . |
| 28 | Then he learnt that she was the man 's daughter , and frivolous thoughts were swept away on a tide of sympathy . |
| 29 | Someone started singing ‘ God Save the King ’ and soon everybody was joining in , thousands of strong hearts and lungs , shipyard workers , foundry men , train drivers , some still on strike , were swept away by the tide of emotion . |
| 30 | With a Bolshevik victory in the civil war and Lenin 's death , the last vestiges of collective party leadership were swept away by the growth of Joseph Stalin 's absolute monocratic dictatorship . |