Example sentences of "[verb] for [adj] days in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 2 | Some lived for several days in this pitiful condition , their feet gnawed by dogs , until they died in agony . |
| 3 | The people lived for seven days in shelters made of branches — essentially as an agricultural thanksgiving , but also as a reminder of their tent-dwelling days in the wilderness ( Leviticus 23:43 ) . |
| 4 | Maria replied that she was to be allowed to come for two days in the week following her letter . |
| 5 | It was widely reported that armed police had besieged the state-owned Jerada colliery , which had been occupied for 10 days in late December 1988-early January 1989 by 400 miners . |
| 6 | ENGINEER Terry Higgins dropped himself right in it when he rescued a teenager trapped for three days in a freezing bog . |
| 7 | This is also the venue for the annual Howden Agricultural Show , which every year brings friends and visitors together to revel for two days in the old-fashioned atmosphere of an English country fair . |
| 8 | And it is to pay him £11,188 the maximum that could have been awarded if the tribunal , which has already sat for ten days in March , found in his favour . |
| 9 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 10 | Individual faecal excretions were made for five days in conjunction with the indium-111 neutrophil studies . |
| 11 | In Kent v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner , a blanket ban had been imposed for 28 days in the light of the Brixton disorders of 10–13 April , and disorder at several Bank Holiday fairs . |
| 12 | A state of emergency , which already existed over two-thirds of the country ( representing more than 50 per cent of the population ) , had been reimposed for 30 days in the capital Lima on March 23 in an effort to protect candidates , following the murder of a FREDEMO congressional candidate , Julio Gálvez . |
| 13 | The tribe danced for three days in the hope that the Great Spirits would send them rain . |
| 14 | The herrings will keep for 4–5 days in the fridge . |
| 15 | ( This will keep for 2–3 days in the fridge . ) |
| 16 | It will keep for several days in the refrigerator . |
| 17 | Christopher Horn , 45 , of Hurworth Moor , near Darlington , sparked a police search when he vanished for several days in August . |
| 18 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 19 | Captain Henrick Kurt Carlsen waves from the Flying Enterprise , which he refused to leave for seven days in 1951 as it foundered in the Channel after a storm . |
| 20 | A EURO information bus arrives at Chester Castle car park today after being based for two days in Ellesmere Port . |
| 21 | And taking enough food to last for several days in case the boat was held up by gales . |
| 22 | He returned for five days in November 1991 when Selena Scott made a TV film A Prince Among Islands , which was shown all over the world . |
| 23 | It was particularly offensive because Cliff had not spoken for ten days in order to rest his larynx and avoid surgery before a new tour . |
| 24 | I was put down at Whitcross , a crossroads on the moor , after travelling for two days in the coach . |
| 25 | On Oct. 22 , 1990 , he had been ordered to be detained for 60 days in a military camp for sending a letter to Menem warning him that unrest in the army could provoke a " military rebellion " . |
| 26 | Experienced secondary mathematics teachers will be seconded for 30 days in the academic year , to gain experience of the applications , examine the educational implications of the software , and to design and test computer-based educational environments for the classroom . |
| 27 | The seminar participants worked for five days in groups to analyse the representation of women in newspapers , advertising , radio and television . |
| 28 | The shortest government ever was that of the great European federalist , Alcide de Gasperi , whose government lasted for twelve days in July 1953 . |
| 29 | The times are noted in.my diary and , if they are accurate , I must have survived for several days in succession on as little as one or two hours ' sleep per night . |
| 30 | Conservationist Dexter Cate of Hawaii was jailed for 100 days in 1980 when he released several hundred dolphins from the bay into which they had been driven before slaughter . |