Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] for [num] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the ambulance left the scene , neighbours , who had been kept shut in their houses for two days , began to emerge into the sunshine . |
| 2 | They had food in their saddlebags for two days , and the pack mules carried grain and hay for the horses , there being little forage in the hills the patrol would traverse for the first two days . |
| 3 | They ‘ lost ’ one of their locos for 13 days . |
| 4 | They have n't used their bows or their guns for four days . |
| 5 | Staying in tents in one of their villages for five days was a real cross-cultural experience . |
| 6 | Butchers closed their doors for three days in the week . |
| 7 | Goose had haunted his dreams for ten days . |
| 8 | We could n't get out of our houses for two days . ’ |
| 9 | It 's easy to control , including the scheduling aspects — you can delay a fax send until a specific time , sending all your faxes for one day after 6pm , say , in order to take advantage of off peak telephone rates ( or after midnight , if you have a midnight line ) . |