Example sentences of "be away for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose and myself are away for the day . ’ |
| 2 | I had been away for the weekend and David Bowie is not the most domesticated person in the world . |
| 3 | I 'd been away for the weekend to a little shack a hundred miles away . |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | They 're away for the weekend . ’ |
| 6 | As well as giving her cause to be anxious about Rosemary — whose parents would make life most uncomfortable for her if the rumours circulating the village ever reached them — it was a blow to know that Sebastian would be away for the rest of the year . |
| 7 | I thought you might be away for the weekend . ’ |
| 8 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing , Monday 's not gon na be wonderful for me , I 've got to go into hospital for a little operation er b but seriously , I 'll be out on Tuesday , but I 'll , I 'll be away for the week er , because the Doc said do n't come back to , to work till a week on Monday , so I 'll , I 'll try and listen if I can , but what have you got for us ? |
| 9 | ‘ You 're supposed to be away for the week . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Only to an expert in family relationships — and I know you were away for the weekend ! ’ |
| 11 | It was July and still light , but most of the better-off inhabitants of this end of Sauchiehall Street were away for the summer . |
| 12 | " We thought you were away for the week-end , " she said . |
| 13 | The boss is away for the weekend and I 'm on call . |
| 14 | She explains that her husband is away for the evening and she does n't want to return to an empty house . |
| 15 | Hilary 's away for the day — gone on a long hike to tune himself up , as he put it . |
| 16 | I 've no intention of staying over there longer than I have to , and Sorrel 's away for the weekend herself . ’ |
| 17 | " I 'm going to tea with Mrs. Mott , " she added , and then glancing at Jenny , " Mr. Matthew 's away for the week-end , so do n't fret about seeing him . " |
| 18 | Perhaps he was away for the weekend . |
| 19 | Cos they were all taking the mick out of him and he said oh she did n't do it he said she was away for the weekend , I had somebody else there . |
| 20 | Although the twins were disappointed that Kerry-Jane was away for the day , on a visit to her grandmother , they happily helped with packing the picnic into the car . |