Example sentences of "were [adv] away " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But you were only away for ten minutes . ’ |
| 2 | If we were not away by sunset , there would not be another appropriate departure date for more than a month . |
| 3 | More than a hundred Unionist MPs were usually away from the House on military service , and 125 Unionist agents served in the trenches ; the party organization was used in the war effort at no cost to the country ; every local party was decimated by volunteers who joined up in the first rush ; and at every level , the number who joined up was more than matched by those indirectly involved through recruiting , raising money , running war charities or breeding remounts . |
| 4 | Cos any spare the men or that they were usually away for a har taking up a harvest . |
| 5 | The only difference was that the mortar bursts were further away than yesterday , some were even landing in the village . |
| 6 | Consumers had always wanted bigger cars , holidays in places that were further away from home , bigger refrigerators , larger homes and well-lit amusement parks . |
| 7 | The Captain decided not to switch on his engines until they were further away ; he was content to let the vessel be carried by the tide . |
| 8 | The children were still away over Easter . |
| 9 | Against that , though , was the fact that , if he and his secretary were still away , she stood to have the same unsatisfactory conversation with the lady with a little English as before . |
| 10 | The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance . |
| 11 | You claimed , both of you claimed they were straight away gon na chip you back and offer you about sixty pound for them . |
| 12 | Rather sadly , the sites allotted to these clinics were often away from the main hospital departments and were either to be found in dungeon-like basements or else in prefabricated huts . |
| 13 | She had an anxious childhood ; her father had lost clients through becoming a Unitarian , the bailiff was a frequent caller , and both parents were often away attending political rallies . |
| 14 | It was with great relish that I prepared to burn it down — while Charles and Dimity were conveniently away for a few days . |
| 15 | It was also possible , he reasoned , that some of their number were either away in the city , or casualties of the house assault . |
| 16 | It was a Saturday night and I had a fortnight of holiday ahead of me while the Airds were unexpectedly away , not to speak of the obligatory Sunday to get through , the one that would have fallen to me in any case . |
| 17 | Some of its members were actually away from Westminster at crucial stages in the campaign . |
| 18 | Once they were safely away from other people , Charley Bates rolled on the ground and laughed and laughed . |