Example sentences of "[pron] be [verb] for [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 2 | At childrens ' hall , which was picketed for two days , picketed for two days , by this now happy band of Labour people in |
| 3 | ‘ There 's hot coffee and croissants , then you 're to sleep for two days . |
| 4 | The hostages , who were held for 444 days following the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in September 1979 , were released within minutes of Reagan being sworn in as President on Jan. 21 , 1981 . |
| 5 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 6 | The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 ( see pa 90 of this issue ) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth , where she was based for some days for familiarisation trials . |
| 7 | NAZLI TOP : A 23-year-old nurse and midwife , she was tortured for four days at the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul Police Headquarters while three months ' pregnant . |
| 8 | If they are not claimed by their owners they are kept for seven days after which if they can not be sold they can be destroyed . |
| 9 | It was silenced for eight days . |
| 10 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 11 | Then on 14 June 1985 TWA Flight 847 was hijacked and forced to land at Beirut where , before the world 's television cameras , it was held for 17 days . |
| 12 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 13 | When he got home , his mother rushed him to the Royal Infirmary , wherein he was kept for two days . |
| 14 | AHMED ASHRAF MUHAMMED MUSTAFA : an agricultural engineer , he was tortured for nine days while detained without charge for six weeks in 1989 . |