Example sentences of "'ve be away " in BNC.

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1 I 've been away , see , since Thursday , with my Mum and Dad .
2 I 've had time to think while I 've been away . ’
3 ‘ You 've been away so long , I almost forgot what you smelt like . ’
4 I may be proved wrong , but I think they will be surprised at the change in the pace and intensity of international rugby since they 've been away .
5 I 've spoken to Kevin Moran when we 've been away with the Republic of Ireland and he says things there are quite relaxed .
6 During the time that you 've been away from work you have certainly not been ‘ not working ’ — you have undertaken a whole host of activities which happen to have been unpaid .
7 ‘ I 've been away so long I felt a bit like the new boy walking into the old school when I arrived at the studio for Carry On Columbus , ’ he admits .
8 ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’
9 Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be .
10 To be able just to walk , or drive , wherever you want ; Christ , I 've been away from all this for less than a week and I feel like somebody coming out after thirty years .
11 Do n't worry , they 've been away from England for ten years …
12 Mr Rivers , I 've been away visiting friends , you know .
13 I forget when I 've been away .
14 ‘ I 've been away too long . ’
15 I 've been away from my part of the family since I was fifteen .
16 Now it er they said that this chap had g had gone to work after an illness and the boss said , Well er you 've been away six weeks , he said , There 's no job here for you now .
17 ‘ I 've been away . ’
18 And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time .
19 And er if it 's more convenient , if you 've got er a lengthy inquiry , call into any tax office , the nearest one , I 've even called into tax offices when we 've been away for a weekend , just to pick up brochures and things like that .
20 We 've been away for a long time .
21 I lost me prescription when he gave me , and we 've been away .
22 But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different .
23 " You 've been away for ages , " she says .
24 He tells us what 's been happening in Deptford since this morning , and it sounds like I 've been away seven months .
25 You were up there alone in your tower all morning and you 've been away out an hour or more — ’
26 And , of course , the job will get worse the longer you 've been away from the office .
27 I 've had a really horrendous time while you 've been away cavorting with your Jews … ’
28 ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’
29 I 've been away for 10 years now and I 've been doing good work and making the right decisions about the work I do .
30 ‘ When he does come back , he wo n't be able to say , ‘ Oh , I see everything 's gone to pieces while I 've been away ’ . ’
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