Example sentences of "be away [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke of York is thought to be away on naval duties and the Duchess of York , believed not to have been invited , was in Birkenhead touring flats for young people with learning difficulties . |
| 2 | I , I did promise that I 'd be away at eight o'clock . |
| 3 | Would I be away at any time , when was ill or needed his mummy ? |
| 4 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 5 | It was the fact that she would be away for six weeks or more that had brought things to a head . |
| 6 | We know that er stress er does cause exacerbation of other illnesses and er people can be away for that sort of reason . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 8 | b ) Will doctors , particularly surgeons , be away for predictable periods of time ? |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll only be away for four nights , ’ she explained to Constance . |
| 10 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 11 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
| 12 | Would be away for some weeks . |
| 13 | Father will be away for some time , and I 'm very worried . ’ |
| 14 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 15 | He very rarely spoke about business matters to Georgina and decided on reflection against recounting the day 's events except to say that he was leaving for Istanbul in the morning , and would be away for three or four days . |
| 16 | Mr John Deighton , of High Pottergate , Richmond , expects to be away for three years . |
| 17 | We plan to go to Indonesia and China for sure and should be away for ten to 12 months . |
| 18 | The trend must therefore be away from sole reliance on chemical control and towards the integration with other methods , be they environmental , biological , genetic , therapeutic or educational . |
| 19 | Well that 's it , it might lead to better things might n't it , I say it might do them good to be away from each other for a week any way , might n't it ? |
| 20 | I myself will be away from 7 July until 8 August , and then again from 28 August until 12 September . |
| 21 | Those Q.T. 's who have already received tickets to sell will greatly assist Cicely in the organisation of the event if they would let her know by the first week in February how many tickets they have sold as she will be away from 8th Feb. to 8th March . |
| 22 | From a geological viewpoint using the terminology of plate tectonics , sites must be away from spreading centres , volcanic hotspots and subduction zones . |
| 23 | I wondered aloud whether it was possible to buy one of their bulletproof vests and whether there were trousers to match ; but really I wanted to be away from this place where even my pure anger had been stolen from me . |
| 24 | But she felt oddly detached from it , eager to be away from these happy people . |
| 25 | Shannon stood up abruptly , suddenly desperate to be away from those penetrating eyes . |
| 26 | I must be away by eleven at the latest , though . |
| 27 | Quite simply , the peaks and troughs can be evened out by forecasting the number that can be permitted to be away in each grade at any given week which is a simple mathematical exercise . |
| 28 | You should now be left with two acetate page markers , and everything else should be away in one of the binders , apart possibly from the dates . |