Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 2 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 3 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 4 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 5 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 6 | Normally six cases will be listed for a half day , which would allow about 30 minutes per case if all the claimants attended , but a significant number do not . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |
| 8 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 9 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 10 | Where a slight flow of water is guaranteed for a few days , for example in crevices and gullies that conduct snow-melt trickles , mosses gather among the lichens . |
| 11 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |
| 12 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |