Example sentences of "been [verb] away for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young Robert Zimmerman had changed his name to Bob Dylan and had been wailing away for a couple of years or so , and Nicholson was among the first of his fans who listened to and studied the words of his anti-establishment anthems , ‘ The Times , They Are A-Changin ’ and his ‘ Mr Tambourine Man ’ which was a taunting , haunting song with a very hard edge that white middle-class youth took to be an ode to a dope dealer , which Dylan denied . |
| 2 | His attention had been drawn away for only five or six seconds and there were surely only half a dozen shops that she could have entered . |
| 3 | Later my surgeon was to tell me that the cancer had been growing away for many years . |
| 4 | Four cars damaged in the pile up have been towed away for forensic tests . |
| 5 | The fishing nets and the postcards were no longer on display , and the woollens and the charming useless pottery had been packed away for the coming winter and the new season to follow-then they were out of the village , passing through a scattering of newer and less substantial houses and following the narrow lakeside road to Langstone . |
| 6 | We 've been humping away for a whole two and a half pages . |
| 7 | ‘ So that 's what you 've been hiding away for ! ’ |
| 8 | On top of this , the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode . |
| 9 | If anything , I tend to believe that it will make you unhappy : either immediately unhappy , as you are impaled by incompatibility , or unhappy later , when the woodworm has quietly been gnawing away for years and the bishop 's throne collapses . |
| 10 | His father 's been put away for as long as need be till he comes to his senses : he 's actually nuts . |
| 11 | ‘ They have very mixed feelings really — anger because they have been put away for something they did n't do , and defiance to see justice done . ’ |
| 12 | There is no point in ransacking the cellar for the finest bottled sunshine that has been put away for the special occasion . |
| 13 | The municipal railings had been taken away for the war effort and through the gaps in the makeshift fence of galvanised iron he saw a tramp in an army greatcoat sitting on a green bench . |
| 14 | The empty dishes , china , and uneaten food had been taken away for examination , so the sight and smell were somewhat more palatable than they had been the day before . |
| 15 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |
| 16 | But did you know the sharp-suited musician from New Orleans has already been tinkling away for more than 22 years ! |
| 17 | ‘ The thing is , Management will listen to him and he 'll get what he wants , not like poor old Ron who 's been waffling away for years and not getting anywhere . |
| 18 | Celia and I have been battling away for months now and we do n't seem to be getting anywhere . |