Example sentences of "[verb] be away [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat may have been away but the mice certainly did not play in this TNT Gold Cup game at sunny Windsor . |
| 2 | Wishart had been away but he had heard the stories later , how Alexander had suddenly looked down the hall , dropping his cup and going pale with fright . |
| 3 | Dot had been away and now she had come back . |
| 4 | ‘ If we had been away and had a long night-time car journey ahead of us , ’ he said , ‘ we used to put the children in their pyjamas and wrap them in blankets before we started . |
| 5 | If you have been away and the grass is long , just tip the grass in the first mowing , and lower the subsequent cuts gradually . |
| 6 | Expatriates may feel that Britain has gone ‘ downhill ’ while they have been away and homecoming does not match up to the good life abroad . |
| 7 | And if anybody 's been away and has got or has got missing sheets I 've got spare sheets down here . |