Example sentences of "[adj] days and [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For three days and nights we laid there and rolled , and rolled , and rolled , while to seaward we could see huge tankers disappearing in the tremendous swell . |
| 2 | So far during three days and nights they had seen no sign of a human dwelling and since their escape from the verderers had crossed no man-made paths . |
| 3 | So far during three days and nights they had seen no sign of a human dwelling and since their escape from the verderers had crossed no man-made paths . |
| 4 | All of this was in the hours ahead , for I was now to live through one of the toughest three days and nights I ever experienced . |
| 5 | For three days and nights I lay in bed , exhausted by my experiences , and hardly conscious of my surroundings . |
| 6 | For three days and nights she danced in the streets with the crowd . |
| 7 | At the Hospedaje Lisboa where Dana stayed — ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — I looked up at his window as I had so often done on those lonely days and nights he spent away from me . |
| 8 | For thirty days and nights she did not sleep , and throughout she was supported by the bird , who sang to her as well to rally her spirits — and to keep her awake . |