He didn't even begin looking about for an appropriate girl until his father had been gone three full months.

Every day since your father has been gone, I've tried to remember the good times.

I always thought I'd live somewhere else when father was gone.

My father was dying of cancer and would soon be gone.

My father is out of the country at the moment and may be gone for some time.

When they became friends her father had already been gone for two years.

Oh, I hope it does not mean that my father is gone.

Your father is gone and now you belong to me.

My father was gone before I came into the world.

Then his father was gone without a trace or a word.