Example sentences of "[noun prp] for [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 23-year-old is returning home to Bruhl in Germany for several days rest . |
| 2 | Crawford travelled to San Francisco for two days with director Richard Lester to see a screening of How I Won the War . |
| 3 | She said nothing about Miguel to Victoria for several days , and Victoria did n't broach the subject of finding both of them in Miguel 's bedroom . |
| 4 | Their first real taste of life on the road came in December when they stayed over after playing London and Brighton for four days . |
| 5 | CONCERN was growing today for a 13-year-old schoolgirl who has been missing from her home in Limerick for six days . |
| 6 | He visited North-East towns including Darlington , Barnard Castle , Durham and Middlesbrough for eight days for a study of regional manners commissioned by Northumbria Tourist Board . |
| 7 | President 's rule , in force in Goa for 43 days , was lifted on Jan. 25 , when the leader of a breakaway group of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP ) , Ravi S. Naik , was sworn in as Chief Minister . |
| 8 | Thanks to the wonderful invention of fax machines , which enable my office to send me the proofs and layouts to read and check , I was able to slip away to Forest Mere Health Hydro for six days . |
| 9 | Late the following morning he had telephoned to inform her that he would be out of Taiwan for some days as a problem requiring his personal attention had arisen at the commercial recording studio he owned in Singapore . |
| 10 | He it was who inaugurated Continental excursions , for in 1925 he took a dozen boys to Bruges for eight days on an educational visit . |
| 11 | Stunned by the heat , they roamed the streets of Ajaccio for several days , visiting its churches and bars and trying to equip themselves with some understanding of their new surroundings . |
| 12 | William Hazlitt 's visit to Somerset , so eagerly anticipated since January , began in fine summer weather towards the end of May.24 Having made the journey from Shropshire more quickly than he expected , he lingered nervously at Bridgwater for two days . |
| 13 | Some 2,000 representatives of Ivoirian institutions , trade unions and lobby groups met President Félix Houphouet-Boigny for five days of discussions on the country 's economic , social and political problems on Sept. 21-26 , 1989 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She 's in April , she and Anthony had been to Florence for four days . |
| 16 | We stayed in Nairobi for ten days , working with a Kenyan street evangelist , doing dramas etc . |
| 17 | The WISE bus roadshow was at Groves High School , Wrexham for three days . |
| 18 | In fact , the snow was so heavy that the airport was closed for a time , briefly raising the hope that Professor Pollard would be stranded in Athens for several days ! |
| 19 | Starting at Chester on Sunday , McGuigan will scuttle through Britain 's forests in his Vauxhall Nova for four days , chasing away the thought that he may lose every penny he battled for in the ring if his appeal against £450,000 libel damages plus legal costs fails . |
| 20 | SIR — A 43-year-old healthy Finnish man visited St Petersburg in Russia for 3 days during Easter , 1993. 12 h after he returned he became acutely ill with a sore throat . |
| 21 | MCC come to Downpatrick in early July for three days . |
| 22 | At the time of his arrest , he had been in Ireland for 10 days . |
| 23 | Is Well I was I 'm trying to think where I was I was at Blackpool , er I went to Blackpool for two days , I went with some friends . |
| 24 | Melissa was about to retort that as she had only known Bonard for three days he could hardly be described as a friend of hers , when a surprised , ‘ Well , what do you know ? ’ from Jack made them both glance round . |
| 25 | On March 7 he had been suspended from the House of Commons for 20 days after the Commons select committee on members ' interests had on Feb. 19 upheld two allegations against him of failing to declare business dealings in the register of MPs ' interests . |
| 26 | It 's that kind of blind faith that forced Glenn Hoddle and his team into hiding this week … they took themselves off to Bournemouth for three days to prepare to psyche themselves up in secret |
| 27 | I was going to Lowestoft for two days but my clothing could last me weeks . |
| 28 | I have been in Paris for 4 days and just got back to read the 100 messages from the list ! |
| 29 | They had been set up in the Heumensoord Camp for several days , but today an air of excitement pervaded the squadron . |
| 30 | But when she got to Auckland , when she found herself alone with Damian for three days and three nights … what would she think of then ? |