Example sentences of "in hospital for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was in hospital for a long time with the doctors far from optimistic that he would recover . |
| 2 | There was a car crash , she died , he was in hospital for a long time and when he came out everything had changed . |
| 3 | Officials could not say if the Queen Mother was expected to stay in hospital for a second night and did not divulge the nature of the obstruction . |
| 4 | After surgery , you could be in hospital for a considerable time — and if you were missing overtime pay or sales bonuses because you were unable to work , you could have financial difficulties . |
| 5 | Thus , when a doctor asks for an X-ray or path lab test , or prescribes drugs , or decides that a patient should remain in hospital for a further two days , he is making a financial as well as a clinical decision . |
| 6 | At four I stay with her when my mother spends a week in hospital for a minor operation . |
| 7 | Then he covered it up quickly with a look of studied indifference ( very unconvincing ) and mumbled some nonsense about you being in hospital for a few days for a check-up . |
| 8 | It put Dave Scadding in hospital for a few days , but did not prevent the crew members still on their feet from putting in some hard graft , and rummage successes began to roll in . |
| 9 | He 'll be in hospital for a few more days , while surgeons see how his wounds are healing . |
| 10 | Janet adds : ‘ Before the idea of the ‘ drop-in ’ centre , we would have been forced to admit the mother and she would have been in hospital for a few days . |
| 11 | Yeah , they had n't been in hospital for a few years , they have n't , I 've never known to go in . |
| 12 | Most patients can cope with unacknowledged grief and anxiety because they are in hospital for a short time . |