Example sentences of "[be] gone a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Toby seemed to be gone a long time , but I was n't measuring time very accurately . |
2 | ‘ He could be gone a long time , you know . ’ |
3 | That 's been gone a long time now . |
4 | He 's been gone a long time |
5 | ‘ They 've been gone a good while . ’ |
6 | They were gone a long time . |
7 | Brown Owl was gone a long time , but at last she came back , and leaning on her arm and limping was the pilot of the plane . |
8 | He was gone a fair while . |