Example sentences of "away [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 2 | The prosecution 's case lasted five months , after which the jury was sent away for 75 days , partly for a holiday and partly while the judge heard legal arguments . |
| 3 | Helen got away for one day and they spent nine hours together in the open air . |
| 4 | But he had only been away for three days . |
| 5 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
| 6 | I stayed away for three days , and then I came home . |
| 7 | You 've got ta ask to get away for three days . |
| 8 | ‘ You wo n't get away for another day or two . |
| 9 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 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 | " I had to go away for several days and while I was gone your mother saw some papers in Devraux 's desk . |
| 12 | At festivals she went back home and often stayed away for several days , despite the knowledge that her late return would meet with an endless round of angry curses . |
| 13 | The same sort of ‘ business ’ that was taking him away for ten days . |
| 14 | Though , come to think of it , what with Lubor being away for some days last week when she 'd arrived , he must have quite some time off from his duties . |
| 15 | The seal saw them shimmer and melt away until one day the penguin said to her : |
| 16 | Many of the local traditions have passed away since those days . |