Example sentences of "[pers pn] for a day " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you think your mother would let you go out with me for a day in Newcastle ? ’ |
| 2 | As chance would have it we were going camping with another family whose father was to accompany me for a day 's climbing on Pillar . |
| 3 | Until you know that a certain person is going to be a good language helper , it is best to engage him/her for a day or a week at a time . |
| 4 | Sometimes you could only have them for a day or two before passing them on . |
| 5 | Typical of the kind of pain Dustin would put himself through , in order to get ‘ inside ’ a character , was the way in which he developed Ratso 's limp by placing stones in one shoe and then walking on them for a day . |
| 6 | remember them for a day or two but they 'd go cos they do n't mean anything . |
| 7 | Yours for a day , the magnificence of the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express . |
| 8 | Our yachts are well maintained , so much so that we offer generous guarantees of compensation if rare failure immobilises you for a day . |
| 9 | But I would have thought you 'd expect him to be faithful to you for a day or two at least . ’ |
| 10 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 11 | Theo was about to travel from The Hague to Etten , en route for a new post in Paris , and Vincent pressed him to ‘ leave the train ’ on the second leg of his journey and stay with him for a day or two . |
| 12 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 14 | When she does so , you or another relative could suggest staying there with her for a day or two until she is ready to face the loneliness she has to learn to live with . |
| 15 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 16 | When the Lord made Sunday he meant it for a day of rest , a day of peace and quiet after the turmoil of the working week . |
| 17 | Many people borrow it for a day from a sympathetic relative . |
| 18 | Jean pondered on it for a day while we held our breath . |
| 19 | I watched it for a day or two , then they sent me out of that part of the house , because they knew I was watching what went on . |
| 20 | Then you can either put it back on to the soil it came from or , before doing this , keep it for a day or two in a small container lined with damp paper tissue . |
| 21 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 22 | Are you are you leaving it for a day and then trying to integrate them ? |
| 23 | You hire it for a day or whatever it is . |
| 24 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 25 | go in a hall somewhere and have it for a day . |