Example sentences of "[be] away for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Well I I shall be away for a while this summer , so hard lines . . |
| 5 | She thinks she 'll be away for a week and I 've been wondering who I could get to look after the house . " |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It 's really if you 're sort of gon na be away for a couple of weeks . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Paul Sillitoe says they 'll be away for a month and walking to Everest base Camp … and he 's looking forward to it |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We 'll explore the whole world , be away for a year ’ |