Example sentences of "for [adj] days [conj] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Once a lady aid a daughter , remote cousins or friends of friends , came , and the girl left me with a yearning heart for some days and a curiosity for years like my curiosity about the lost childish books . |
2 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
3 | Under the affordable-housing programme , houses valued at under $67,500 and apartment complexes are held off the open market for 90 days after a thrift is seized by the government . |
4 | They collect the quails for two days and a night ! |
5 | For two days and a night the bombardment continued , until French aviators reported the columns of smoke rising to an altitude of two-and-a-half-thousand feet . |