Example sentences of "[verb] [been] [v-ing] [prep] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authorities in Serbia again blocked a UN relief convoy which has been trying for days to reach the besieged Muslim enclave of Srebrenica . |
| 2 | It was her nail scissors that she 'd been searching for days , lost under the hearthrug and pressing into her hip ; and the cry was also her virginity , small and bewildered and gone . |
| 3 | He 'd been driving for days , he 'd forgotten how many , and he was tired of the white lines painted down the middle of the highway , he was tired to the centre of his bones . |
| 4 | She woke early on the morning of July 29 , 1981 which is not surprising as her room overlooked the Mall where the singing , chattering crowds had been gathering for days . |
| 5 | She had been intending for days to make a start on clearing out the cloakroom ; now was the moment — she would make a preliminary survey , set aside what should be kept , see if there was anything good enough for Oxfam . |
| 6 | Sulphur candles had been burning for days , leaving the house free of vermin , then the whole place had been painted from top to bottom . |
| 7 | The canyon ran parallel to the continuation of the wadi which I had been following for days . |
| 8 | It felt as if she had been travelling for days instead of only one , on and off , and she arrived as dusk was falling . |
| 9 | I 've been trying for days , though , I 'm coming over tomorrow . |
| 10 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |