Example sentences of "[verb] been away " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the services listed offer free guidance to anyone over the age of 19 who has been away from education for a significant period . |
| 2 | Our peasant is starting off today to Roslavl' , 55 miles away , in order to see her soldier son who has been away in the Civil War , and is passing with his peacetime unit by train tomorrow from Briansk further south to the city of Smolensk with an hour 's stop in Roslavl' . |
| 3 | Erika has been away plenty of times , and if Fräulein Silber thinks that it is the right thing to do then it is the right thing . |
| 4 | She may also use it as a greeting when she has been away from the kittens for a while . |
| 5 | He says that when people return to work after a holiday there is a lot of disruption and decreased productivity as a result of ‘ holiday infection that contaminates everyone around the person who has been away ’ . |
| 6 | In this sense the particular manipulation of reality found in the adventure story , at least until the past two or three decades , has been away from the practicalities of extended cohabitation , whether in or out of marriage . |
| 7 | A teacher who has been away on a short course including elements of both these skills , and can therefore give useful general advice . |
| 8 | With a new emphasis on the importance of the Word , the trend has been away from hymns , anthems and settings . |
| 9 | In music , as with other subjects , the trend has been away from regimentation towards an individual approach and small group work . |
| 10 | Stephen has been away so much , and is so obsessed with building another hotel , we eat , sleep and drink it . ’ |
| 11 | The trend , in recent years , has been away from a system of strict , item by item controls to broad limitations upon total borrowing . |
| 12 | But as someone who has been away from the industry for five years , I see a surprisingly rosy future for the book itself . |
| 13 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 14 | The June 5 announcement that Foreign Minister Ghozali was to be the new Prime Minister prompted favourable international press comment ; Tehran radio said that he was " recognized by the Islamists as someone who has been away from domestic confrontation " . |
| 15 | Mature Student was defined as someone who has been away from continuous education for more than one year . |
| 16 | The teacher takes on a role as a member of the local council who has been away on business . |
| 17 | Hello folks , my boss has been away this morning so I 've been busy scanning a few leeds picies and saving them as gif files . |
| 18 | The city has changed so much that anyone who has been away for a couple of years could be forgiven for thinking that he arrived in a time machine , not an airliner . |
| 19 | Within an hour of sitting down at my old desk , reading through my old files and shouting at my not so old secretary I felt as if I 'd been away from work for maybe just a week 's holiday . |
| 20 | The funny thing was that Uncle George had made no remark about the length of time she 'd been away . |
| 21 | I did n't realise why she 'd been away , but when she returned I soon found out . |
| 22 | I believe that when the French were here , a man could enlist with the forces and still claim paternity for children born during his absence , even if he 'd been away a couple of years . ’ |
| 23 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 24 | But when we moved in here , because I 'd been away from him for five months and I 'd learned to cope for myself , I started standing up for myself and he did n't like it . |
| 25 | And er it was said that he he was he 'd been away ill . |
| 26 | I 'd told her I 'd been away filming in Scotland that night . ’ |
| 27 | He looked at his watch , wondering how long she 'd been away . |
| 28 | He went bounding up the stairs , three or four at a time , praying to himself the room had n't been taken over by some amorous couple while he 'd been away , cursing himself for doubting her . |
| 29 | I was just annoyed that he 'd chosen to do it while I 'd been away . |
| 30 | I 'd been away after that before I came to the electricity works here . |