Sentence examples for had only been gone from inspiring English sources

I had only been gone three weeks and had already managed to forget what it felt like to have my rights as a citizen respected.

Though Mr. Kesterson had only been gone to Iraq for a few weeks, his father already had plans for his return.

He had only been gone for a month when the pogrom began.

The car owner told police that she had only been gone for five minutes -- a claim that Hammons disputes.

Magardomyan told police that he had only been gone for a few minutes, but Quesada said officers were at the parking lot for at least 10 minutes.

"Jessie's Fund was in its infancy, we had only been going for three years when we won the award".

"When he stopped it, it seemed to me like we had only been going for 9 or 10 minutes," said Mr. Heiss, a longtime Klein fan.

"At the time Twenty20 cricket had only been going for a few years and it wasn't as serious as it is now.

They had only been going out for a month but were sure the gesture represented something very important.

If you have only been gone a short time, you could just get back in touch with your ex-boss and let him or her know that you have made a mistake.

Even if you've only been gone five minutes.