Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] been away for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 2 | I done it to I done it to Russell one night messing around and he told the girls in work I 'd been away for the weekend and he 'd had somebody else there honest to God he did ! |
| 3 | I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world . |
| 4 | ‘ Only that you could n't help the police very much because you 'd been away for a couple of days , ’ said Melissa . |
| 5 | ‘ Because Shiva , his father , who 'd been away for a long time , found him in the wife 's bedroom on his return and assumed that he was her toyboy . |
| 6 | Faith has to return to work ; she had been away for almost two and a half months , but Continental Airlines generously sent Tim to Kupang to see if he could help . |
| 7 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 8 | After his visits to London his wife was waiting to welcome him as if he had been away for weeks , and she was always dutiful in bed . |
| 9 | Nevertheless they smiled and waved at him as he came in and Deuce , at the tape recorder , came over , arms open , as if he had been away for weeks . |
| 10 | He had been away for some hours . |