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

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1 ‘ I 've been away for a day or two ; I lost me father . ’
2 Well , I 've been away for three , well th the winters are n't as hard now as they used to be .
3 And then again , if I 've been shut away in the Prison of Hostages , I expect I 've been away for quite a time .
4 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 .
5 We 've been away for a long time .
6 " You 've been away for ages , " she says .
7 ‘ After all , you 've been away for a long time , and you know the old saying — ’
8 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 .
9 I 've been away for a week and I had about 70 messgaes to read .
10 I 've been away for the past week and had loads of messages to come back to .
11 No , cos I 've been away for a couple of days .
12 One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year .
13 One of the , the tasks I have to do in May each year , is I write to the candidates who 've just taken a year off , who 've been away for the last two-thirds of a year , and I write to them and say , ‘ You 've been away for two-thirds of a year .
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