Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [been] gone for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’
2 In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’
3 But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’
4 They 'd been gone for so long now .
5 I wondered where Toby was — he 'd been gone for over thirty-six hours now .
6 He had been gone for a long time .
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