Example sentences of "[be] away for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 2 | If anything , it has even more justified my decision to leave Coventry where I was manager and join Chelsea — I certainly could not have been away for a month if I 'd stayed at Highfield Road . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 4 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
| 5 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , my husband 's been away for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
| 11 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 12 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
| 13 | ‘ If you 're away for a night … |
| 14 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 15 | If ever we had to be away for a night , Shanti used to go to spend the night at Mavis 's house , and regarded it as a very great treat . |
| 16 | No more than an hour passed before Jean-Claude came to me in the scullery and said he would be away for a few days . |
| 17 | Well I I shall be away for a while this summer , so hard lines . . |
| 18 | She thinks she 'll be away for a week and I 've been wondering who I could get to look after the house . " |
| 19 | So when Bernard rang and said that he and Colette would be away for a fortnight — would I like a break ? — I moved in to babysit their cottage by the sea . |
| 20 | It 's really if you 're sort of gon na be away for a couple of weeks . |
| 21 | Anything that kept her from running into Nicolo Sabatini was absolutely fine , which was why she had been delighted a few mornings later at the breakfast-table when he 'd told her he would be away for a few days . |
| 22 | Paul Sillitoe says they 'll be away for a month and walking to Everest base Camp … and he 's looking forward to it |
| 23 | We are delighted that is willing to stand again for election as Hon. Treasurer , but she feels it would be in the Society 's interest to have an Assistant Treasurer who would become familiar with our accounting methods and be able to take over should be away for a short period . |
| 24 | We 'll explore the whole world , be away for a year ’ |
| 25 | It was quite clear tonight how much you care for her , but you 'll have to get used to her being away for a month or two . |
| 26 | He is away for a few days , in the country . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The Master ’ ( Constant Drachenfels himself ) is away for a while , and the adventurers have to pose as friends or messengers , etc. , to gain any help from the old sage-Ghost . |
| 28 | ‘ Since , however , he is away for a couple of days , there is little possibility of your doing that ! ’ |
| 29 | She 's away for a few days . |
| 30 | ‘ She 's away for a couple of days . |