Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been away for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do . |
2 | Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be . |
3 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |
4 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
5 | He had been away for some hours . |