Example sentences of "[noun] have been away [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hoomey thought it very weird , and longed to discuss it with somebody , but dare n't , not even to ask Gary if Nails had been away at night . |
| 2 | She spoke as if Ruth had been away on holiday and must therefore have abounding strength and energy . |
| 3 | Mandru had been away on business for much of the time since Lucien had arrived , so performances had been few . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , my husband 's been away for a while . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | The 18 months that Del Amitri have been away from the spotlight have n't been wasted and they 've come up with some belting songs to prove it . |
| 7 | Sunday was always the same in the Lewis home — now that it really was the Lewis home ; for the first ten years of Jo 's life her mother had been away making films and her father had been away on business so much that the main house had been a ghost dwelling ; the Chippendale and Sheraton furniture was draped in dust sheets . |
| 8 | The only certainty was that it was not Brian , for Brian had been away during that crucial week of Tina 's cycle , doing an electrical job in Aberdeen . |
| 9 | Indeed , all the staff have been away on courses on this . |
| 10 | With a new emphasis on the importance of the Word , the trend has been away from hymns , anthems and settings . |
| 11 | In music , as with other subjects , the trend has been away from regimentation towards an individual approach and small group work . |
| 12 | He noticed that when local church leaders had been away for Bible School training , they ceased to tell stories in their preaching . |
| 13 | The average time away from work for a woman who leaves to raise a family is eight years , and 30 per cent of women attending the Dow-Stoker Returners courses have been away from the workplace for over fifteen years . |
| 14 | Trotter had been away for two weeks . |
| 15 | While the unit had been away in the field , the usual correspondence was being exchanged between the various staffs involved , almost certainly without Stirling 's knowledge . |
| 16 | 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 . |