Example sentences of "[noun] have be away for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , my husband 's been away for a while .
2 How has it been for yourself , obviously you 've been here with your children , your husband 's been away for more than a month , in Iraq , there must have been er terrible thoughts going through you mind at certain times ?
3 He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching .
4 Trotter had been away for two weeks .
5 The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice .
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