Example sentences of "it [verb] for [num] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it 's pressed out of the grapes , the juice comes out , they allow it to stand for five days and then they put it into bottles . |
| 2 | It burned for three days . |
| 3 | It rained for four days . |
| 4 | ‘ Last time I was here it rained for forty days . |
| 5 | It rained for three days . |
| 6 | But they say you must leave it running for two days . |
| 7 | It snowed for three days without stopping , great cotton wool flakes , falling from a dark sky and swirling so thickly and blindingly that Mr Evans actually said the children need not use the privy in the yard in the daytime but could go up to the bathroom whenever they needed to . |
| 8 | ‘ They left his body lying where it fell for three days , as a warning to the other prisoners . |
| 9 | It continued for three days . |
| 10 | Usually held in October , it lasted for eight days and met outside the North Gate near the sloe tree which gave it its name of Sloe Fair ; discipline and disputes were enforced by a ‘ pie-powder ’ ( dusty feet ) court which sorted out the inevitable problems . |