Example sentences of "be [verb] for [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been raining for three days — Oh ! how lovely the caravans were those evenings in Touggourt , when the sun was sinking into the salt . |
| 2 | It was widely reported that armed police had besieged the state-owned Jerada colliery , which had been occupied for 10 days in late December 1988-early January 1989 by 400 miners . |
| 3 | A state of emergency , which already existed over two-thirds of the country ( representing more than 50 per cent of the population ) , had been reimposed for 30 days in the capital Lima on March 23 in an effort to protect candidates , following the murder of a FREDEMO congressional candidate , Julio Gálvez . |
| 4 | In Kent v. Metropolitan Police Commissioner , a blanket ban had been imposed for 28 days in the light of the Brixton disorders of 10–13 April , and disorder at several Bank Holiday fairs . |
| 5 | And he had not been seen for some days . |
| 6 | Barbara Allsopp and her husband Alan have n't been seen for three days . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's hot coffee and croissants , then you 're to sleep for two days . |
| 8 | McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer . |
| 9 | Like here in the north of Australia , I 've been waiting for two days for the light I need for a shot of some valleys . |
| 10 | We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines . |
| 11 | The opening night of the Folies had been postponed for two days . |
| 12 | They 'd be secondhand shoes because they 've been worn for three days . |
| 13 | If you are over retirement age , disabled , or sick , disconnection can be delayed for 14 days or more ( 21 days in the case of gas ) if you inform the fuel boards that you are contacting the Department of Social Security ( D.S.S. ) or Social Services for help . |
| 14 | Moreover she had the real comfort of knowing that her community appreciated what she was doing ; more , her life excited such admiration that after her death the interment had to be delayed for some days for fear of riots . |
| 15 | The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s . |
| 16 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 17 | The mass registration followed the July 20 statement by President Roh Tae Woo that the South Korean border would be opened for five days from Aug. 13 . |
| 18 | The four-kilometre ( 2-mile ) wide corridor would be opened for five days from Tuesday , SRNA said , adding that the time limit could be extended at Unprofor 's request . |
| 19 | The assassination of Martin Luther King six days before , only one of a tragic series in recent American history , had caused the event to be postponed for two days . |
| 20 | I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room . |
| 21 | 7 Accommodation of good standing will be provided for all days the Artist is required . |
| 22 | Because the polling system is new and complex , the results will not be known for several days , but most observers expect the local party 's candidates to come in far behind the Popular Front and other unofficial groups . |
| 23 | On Oct. 22 , 1990 , he had been ordered to be detained for 60 days in a military camp for sending a letter to Menem warning him that unrest in the army could provoke a " military rebellion " . |
| 24 | Experienced secondary mathematics teachers will be seconded for 30 days in the academic year , to gain experience of the applications , examine the educational implications of the software , and to design and test computer-based educational environments for the classroom . |
| 25 | He was awakened by a seaman who told him that the ship would not be leaving for seven days , and there would be no place for him to hide as timber was being loaded under German supervision . |
| 26 | Several members of the European Parliament , including Mr Cot , had called for the pair to be suspended for five days with financial penalties . |
| 27 | Tickets reserved by phone will be held for four days or where applicable , until one hour before the performance . |
| 28 | After Easter the hours are extended as follows : Tickets reserved by phone will be held for three days or where applicable , until one hour before the performance . |
| 29 | And then maybe after it 'd been cut for two days , you were sent out to turn the swathes , up all you went along and you turned them and turned them . |
| 30 | Jasper and Bert had been gone for ten days . |