Example sentences of "away [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were taken away for questioning . |
| 2 | A father 's influence which has been revealed as destructive and all but disastrous is thought to have remained dominant — as was only natural — until the women broke away for good . |
| 3 | A plan occurred to her ; she and Lucy would go away for a weekend to the heart of the country , roses round the door , and find out how they would be lovers . |
| 4 | And just as she was feeling sure and secure , a smile becoming a real part of her as she gloried in the feeling growing between them , Lucy gave her to understand that she was going away for three weeks . |
| 5 | Most successful governing bodies send their entry away for at least ten days ' intensive training prior to a world event . |
| 6 | ‘ Let's go away for the weekend , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Hacker put the match beyond doubt two minutes after the interval with his second strike , although Jeremy Fry in the Welsh goal was called upon to make two smart saves before , in the last minute , Mark Lewis , one of only two home-based Welsh players in the side , sent Antony Colclough away for the final goal . |
| 8 | Unable to go away for weekends or holidays , she never goes out at night to dinner parties , discos or evening classes . |
| 9 | Originally , Geoff Huffer , Ile De Nisky 's trainer , felt his colt was immature and was going to give him just one more run before putting him away for an ambitious campaign next year . |
| 10 | All these shares should be bought and tucked away for when interest rates ease . |
| 11 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 12 | The Frenchman sat opposite me at the large farmhouse table chatting away for all he was worth and after the meal he puffed away at his pipe as if he had n't a care in the world . |
| 13 | The jeep driver was pleased at the opportunity to get away for a few hours and we set off about 3 p.m. , arriving in the area of the Highland Division a short time later , after following their divisional signs along the country lanes . |
| 14 | You can ask them for a sick note from their doctor , but only if they have been away for more than seven days . |
| 15 | He took a fortnight away for the funeral and to visit his father in hospital . |
| 16 | It was a perfect passing away for both of them , and at the same time the most intolerable accession into being , the marvellous fullness of immediate gratification , overwhelming , outflooding from the source of the deepest life-force , the darkest , deepest , strangest life-source of the human body , at the back and base of the loins . |
| 17 | In the last two cases , decisive and successive election defeats convinced the party leaders that the centre of electoral opinion had moved away for them . |
| 18 | In those days , ICI had a sabbatical system and the chairman of my division went away for nearly four months . |
| 19 | Often they would quarrel and he would stay away from the house for a while ; but he was never able to stay away for long . |
| 20 | Rose helped Maggie to write away for the forms and then to fill in the forms when they came . |
| 21 | Why do n't we just go away for the day ? ’ |
| 22 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 23 | Dave Boyd ( VOrtex ) used similar tactics two pegs away for three decent skimmers and a chub totalling 5–14–8 . |
| 24 | The family were too far away for their conversation , an apparently heated and even acrimonious discussion , to be audible . |
| 25 | He 's probably going away for a long time , that 's why . |
| 26 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 27 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 28 | The two older girls had already begun boarding school , so were away for most of the time , and Charles was only three and easily amused by the nanny . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |