Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for several " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Christian may be in a church which has been together for several hundred years , and so he knows there is a certain likelihood of it still being together next year ! |
| 2 | If you are away for several weeks your phone bill should be much lower than normal and you will automatically receive a Low User Rental Rebate . |
| 3 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 4 | Only when Guy had been still for several minutes did she cross to the bench and set the pail down . |
| 5 | The lights have been off for several months , bringing a protest from the RAFA . |
| 6 | Normally , she would have been up for several hours and written a couple of thousand words . |
| 7 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 8 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 9 | Sheridan will be out for several weeks following knee surgery . |
| 10 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 11 | The favourite trick , and this has been around for several years now , is to simply double the horizontal scanning frequency so that a 300 by 300 printer becomes a 300 by 600 . |
| 12 | If the builders of this artificial paradise had not been around for several millennia — as Alex Bannen seemed to think — how come the flora and fauna had n't run riot and completely ruined the environment ? |
| 13 | You 've just said you have n't been around for several weeks . |
| 14 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
| 15 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 16 | Although the restaurant is only open for lunch between 12 and 2 , the three staff are there for several hours either side for preparation . |
| 17 | The card and flowers were there for several hours . |
| 18 | They 're quite pricey — £13 and £8 , respectively — but , unless your hair is very long , there 's enough for several applications |
| 19 | In the event , however , it was not for several years — not until well after the composer 's death — that the missing portion of the overture was at last copied into the score . |