Example sentences of "[been] [verb] for a [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 2 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 3 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 4 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 5 | Fifty miles south-west of the railway line bomb , 13 Platoon of 6 UDR reported in for duty at 0600 ; they had been hoping for a quiet day , in order to catch up on some training . |
| 6 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |