Example sentences of "or [num] days [prep] [art] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many owners can not stand the thought of their animal going without sustenance for two or three days at a time , but the dog will inevitably eat when it is hungry enough . |
| 2 | Millions visit Czechoslovakia every year but only for two or three days at a time as services are poor . |
| 3 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 4 | At first I could not devote so much time to the orchestra but by the early 1960s I was coming to a position where I was able to be with the orchestra a very great deal , working for eight or ten days at a time on concerts , records , and films . |
| 5 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 6 | Sometimes they 're gone for three or four days at a time . ’ |