Example sentences of "[vb past] away for a few " in BNC.
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| 1 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 2 | He turned away for a few moments and I could see that he was upset by the news . |
| 3 | He chewed away for a few moments and then nodded with pleasure . |
| 4 | After a time the goat disappeared , and its place was taken by some hens , and these hens I looked after when , as quite often happened , their mistress went away for a few days . |
| 5 | They stayed away for a few years , moving between the markets of the Sahel , exploiting differences in prices in different markets , until they had enough camels to go to Cairo . |