Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] more [subord] a day " in BNC.

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1 But his wife was always his chief protector — he did not like her to leave his side for more than a day .
2 There was no reason , of course , why a strong-bodied man like Rourke Deveraugh should be out of work for more than a day or so .
3 But now when Miss Fairgrieves must write about me , what Papa calls a ‘ moral report ’ , whenever he is away from home for more than a day , then it is always full of : ‘ Alice has been as usual rather headstrong , argumentative , even secretive … ’
4 Once she was there it would require a tremendous effort of will to get her back to London — except that she could not leave Holly in charge for more than a day ; and except that she was avid for information about the murder inquiry ; and except that there were any number of good stories she wanted to pursue for the column and any amount of private gossip she wanted to hear .
5 Any worker away from the nest for more than a day will find that its smell identification badge has expired , and it will be killed .
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