Example sentences of "away [prep] [noun] at [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran his own business , and worked almost round the clock , so was away for days at a time . |
| 2 | Even the most reliable equipment is at the mercy of the fuse in the plug , and I would hope that if the Rocon circuit went off for this ( or any other reason ) , the remaining 200 watts would keep the tank from lethal chilling until I spotted the problem ( I am often away for days at a time ) |
| 3 | He worked outside the city , and was sometimes away for days at a time . |
| 4 | He was away for weeks at a time and would return laden with gigots of Algerian lamb , jars of oil , sacks of pulses ; Madame ran the propriété , which was large , and not labour-intensive ( words that entered Frederica 's vocabulary ca. 1960 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's often away , and frequently stays away for months at a time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He 's often away , and frequently stays away for months at a time . ’ |
| 7 | He had been a mining engineer and away for months at a time . |
| 8 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |
| 9 | Probably all three of them were away from court at the time of the murder : Waddo was certainly in the retinue of Chilperic 's daughter Rigunth , who was en route for Spain , where she was to have been married . |
| 10 | The latter , a cashier with the company , immediately protested his innocence and said that he had been away on holiday at the time . |
| 11 | The Marquis was away on holiday at the time . |
| 12 | This present mayor was away on holiday at the time , he said perhaps that I should of seen that erm it would go to committee |