Example sentences of "away [prep] the time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being an MP still carried some weight ; he was PPS to a powerful minister at Defence , and the threat of the General Election had rolled away for the time being : he was someone to heed . |
| 2 | Even though Durie and Hobbs were thousands of miles away at the time of Britain 's demise at the hands of the Asians in Melbourne last December , the pair nevertheless felt the pain their colleagues were suffering . |
| 3 | The prime minister , Giulio Andreotti , who was away at the time , was welcomed home on Monday March 25th by headlines announcing a showdown with Mr Cossiga . |
| 4 | This rude awakening was , however , still a few years away at the time when Dustin joined . |
| 5 | Jack had it away at the time . |
| 6 | Poor Jasper happened to be curled up asleep some five feet away at the time and was rudely awakened . |
| 7 | I was light years away at the time these alleged crimes took place . |
| 8 | ‘ That is what Martin says ; he was some distance away at the time and was n't able to see who it was . ’ |
| 9 | A man called Murphy , who buys and sells horses , was not far away at the time of Sir Charles ' death . |
| 10 | I had been far away at the time , and knew nothing about any murder . |
| 11 | Both Mike and I were away at the time . |
| 12 | He 'd been away at the time of the murder but if , as seemed likely , he 'd been having an affair with Angy … suppose he was married and his wife had found out , and taken the opportunity while her husband was absent to do away with her rival ? |
| 13 | Eric was away at the time , staying with the Stoves in Belfast . |
| 14 | … but they know that he was miles away at the time . |
| 15 | Balding shrugged : ‘ I was actually away at the time , but I suspect the ground was n't what we thought it was . |
| 16 | Mr Cullen asked if she could not have run away at the time . |
| 17 | She was away at the time |
| 18 | There would be a lot of damage and a few people would get hurt , but the lads would be away by the time the police could get round to the place . |
| 19 | Any'ow it 'll be all cleared away by the time she gets 'ome . ’ |
| 20 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |
| 21 | What we 're trying to say is that : if you can get your head round this week 's Prize X-Word , it 'll probably take you so long to finish that al you 're friends will have married and moved away by the time you 've finished it . |