Example sentences of "been [prep] [noun] [prep] [det] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been off work for several days and Lovebird had kept her in bed and fed her chicken soup from the stove . |
| 2 | The visiting players have been in England for some days , and all four are becoming understandable twitchy as the time to make the first moves approaches . |
| 3 | Apologies were given from Hilda Lodge who had been in hospital for several days for tests . |
| 4 | So commenced a dramatic operation , code named " Geneva II " , for which the whole of our cutter fleet , together with more than a hundred shore-based officers , had been on standby for several days . |
| 5 | These were the only wickets Martin took in the match , but his allround contributions would probably have earned him the Man of the Match award had such been on offer in those days . |