Example sentences of "a long absence " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whenever we came back to Woodbrook after a long absence , the servants would always have a fire and a meal ready to greet us , ’ Phoebe 's sister Antoinette once told me . |
| 2 | Now , as she crossed into Farringdon Street and saw familiar landmarks , she stopped and put down her bag , gazing about her with the pleasure of someone who has come home after a long absence . |
| 3 | Norman must have been desperate to win after such a long absence from the winner 's circle , but that does n't account for his alarming collapse over the closing stretch in Canada . |
| 4 | Susanna Lewis 's very popular book A Machine Knitter 's Guide to Creating Fabrics is available again after a long absence from the bookshelves . |
| 5 | Palace manager Steve Coppell sticks by his resurgent young squad , while Wimbledon hope Warren Barton can return after a long absence . |
| 6 | Even after such a long absence from home , Leopold could not bear to waste any opportunity of showing off his brilliant children , so , instead of going straight back to Salzburg , they took a tortuous route through Dijon , Lyons , Switzerland , Donaueschingen and Augsburg to Munich , where Leopold even contemplated extending the trip to Italy . |
| 7 | Or a mature student , apprehensive about coping with study after such a long absence , worried about managing financially and missing your children and family ? |
| 8 | A place you try to find after a long absence … |
| 9 | Doubts about his motivation were expressed during a long absence through injury last season , and Jarvis claims : ‘ It was pretty obvious that some people thought there was n't really much wrong with me . |
| 10 | When the laird returns after a long absence the shoals of herring fill the sea-loch outside the castle ; if a woman departs for the islands opposite , the shoals will desert the Macleods . |
| 11 | Derek Warwick , returning to Interlagos after a long absence , found it tough going in his Footwork Mugen Honda and ended up 19th on the provisional grid . |
| 12 | Music played softly in the background as they stood on either side of the hearth , smiling uncertainly at one another like former lovers reunited after a long absence and wondering whether they still had anything in common . |
| 13 | The air was permeated with Moorlake 's own particular smell , a blend of wood-smoke , of beeswax , of damp , of her aunt 's home-made potpourri in the big bowl on the table , of age , a characteristic scent of which Sara was always aware when she entered the house after a long absence but pane and , idly , Sara tried to open the window . |
| 14 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |
| 15 | ‘ I felt good when I returned in March after a long absence from the game with a knee injury . |