Example sentences of "[verb] been away [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Val Pinder who has been away for some months due to illness achieves a fantastic level of sales and came in fourth . |
| 2 | Mature Student was defined as someone who has been away from continuous education for more than one year . |
| 3 | The June 5 announcement that Foreign Minister Ghozali was to be the new Prime Minister prompted favourable international press comment ; Tehran radio said that he was " recognized by the Islamists as someone who has been away from domestic confrontation " . |
| 4 | and he 'd been away for three months so that you know I mean |
| 5 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 6 | To make matters worse , the two men had been ordered to Germany to attend a conference , and had been away for eight days . |
| 7 | The Orynthia had been away for eight months ; and only one member of the returning crew , we may not be surprised to hear , decided to risk a voyage in her again — George Groves , the boy apprentice . |
| 8 | Trotter had been away for two weeks . |
| 9 | He had been away for some hours . |
| 10 | She , it turned out , was away , and had been away for some weeks , touring the clubs in the North . |
| 11 | The Georgian military said the Su-25 had attacked several times during Saturday but had been away by anti-aircraft fire . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You 've been away from active duty for a while , have n't you ? ’ |
| 14 | This year has been hard work for us , and for our trainees , some of whom have been away from formal education for some time . |