Example sentences of "'ve been away for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’ |
| 2 | And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that . |
| 3 | We 've been away for a long time . |
| 4 | ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’ |
| 5 | I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read . |
| 6 | No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days . |
| 7 | I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to . |
| 8 | One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year . |