Example sentences of "[verb] [be] gone for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The huge space-based extravaganza has been gone for some time . |
| 2 | But then , when you said they 'd been gone for a couple of years … ’ |
| 3 | I wondered where Toby was — he 'd been gone for over thirty-six hours now . |
| 4 | ‘ You sound as if I 'd been gone for a few hours and forgot to leave you a note . ’ |
| 5 | They 'd been gone for so long now . |
| 6 | The end of Act I is a recognition scene ; a recognition by the Marschallin of the kind we all experience when we realize that something we cherished is gone for ever . |
| 7 | I 'm a fool , she thought tearfully , knowing the very last vestiges of the shaky companionship they shared were gone for good . |
| 8 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |
| 9 | He had been gone for a long time . |
| 10 | The others had been gone for an hour by the time she was ready to leave . |
| 11 | In a quiet , gentle , but troubled voice , Cardiff said , ‘ You 've been gone for twenty-six years , Barbara . ’ |