Example sentences of "[v-ing] to be away for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm only going to be away for a few days . ’ |
| 2 | He said that the departure from Kabrit was a delightfully vague affair with nobody really having any clear idea of how long they were going to be away for , and not giving two hoots anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm only going to be away for forty-eight hours … ’ |
| 4 | The empty refrigerator and the absence of perishable food like bread and milk suggested that Stavanger had left expecting to be away for some time , but that conflicted with the pyjamas under the pillow in the bedroom , and the razor in the bathroom . |
| 5 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 6 | And if Stavanger had left intending to be away for months he had taken remarkably little with him in the way of clothes . |