Soon she would have been absent from her home for a whole year.

In the last two years he's been absent for almost all of them.

The 8-year-old was absent for the next month and a half.

Troops can be absent for anything up to about three years.

He was absent from public life for some time to fight the disease.

He died in the beginning of the movie, therefore is absent for the rest.

I didn't ask what the risk was: she would have been absent for two hours.

This is always important, but especially needed when you are going to be absent for several weeks.

From what I know about him, he'll be absent for quite some time.

He was absent for the rest of the movie, however.