Example sentences of "have been away for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 2 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 4 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She 's been away for the last week or so |