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Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for [adj] day " in BNC.

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1	The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory .
2	The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it .
3	You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day .
4	There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it .
5	There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner .
6	Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved .
7	Just another form of the takeaway service some blacks are going in for these days .
8	It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required .
9	‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’
10	Max told me that Smith would meet us on the following Monday , which would have meant waiting around for five days .
11	Tom Eisner and Stephen Nowicki , of Cornell University , noticed that the spiders that use stabilimenta build long-lived webs that can stay up for several days .
12	‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush .
13	Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ .
14	The wife of a Sussex shopkeeper paid a woman 18d ( 7.5p ) in 1760 for coming in for two days , while Eden in 1794 reported that Lincolnshire women who went out to wash earned 6d to 8d ( 2.5 to 3p ) a day .
15	Medical practices for instance two days beforehand before coming in for three days .
16	Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench .
17	The company said last week that 3,300 production workers at its Ryton plant , at Coventry , would be laid off for four days from today because of a drop in demand from continental Europe .
18	On another occasion when I was holed up for two days in a tiny cottage in Snowdonia while it poured with rain , an ordnance survey map , my first hand knowledge of the area and an illustrated catalogue of Turner 's work allowed me to prepare for locating the sites where he worked .
19	The conference will go on for 3 days .
20	‘ The feasting would go on for seven days .
21	‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’
22	The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed .
23	The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow .
24	Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days .
25	After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights .
26	You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs .
27	She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training .
28	In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air .
29	But he went out for three days , never for an hour and a quarter .
30	In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings .