Example sentences of "[vb base] for [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as a post 's routine was established it would be attacked : Sergeant James and two sappers lay for two days watching a post before deciding that breakfast-time was the right moment for such an attack . |
| 2 | I lay for several days in a small wooden room , convinced for some reason that I was on an ocean-going ship . |
| 3 | It might mean that the same ten pupils were absent for the whole week ; or it might mean that overall , five pupils were absent for a whole week , plus two pupils absent for two days , plus 21 pupils absent for one day . |
| 4 | Its tip can stay alive and grow for many days , thereby increasing its chances of meeting a host . |
| 5 | Wash , salt , and marinade for three days . |
| 6 | TAKE a piece of fish , cook for 20 minutes until it has a wood-like texture , marinate for two days in soy sauce and sesame oil , then serve . |
| 7 | we we we speak for two days at least in compiling a script . |
| 8 | Cost for two days , including lunch and book pack , is £95 ( £80 for GLAP members ) . |
| 9 | Snug in their beds , insects wait for warmer days to come . |
| 10 | I have one or two such places up my sleeve which I save for difficult days but I do n't spoil it by going to them too often . |
| 11 | Indeed , ask an IBMer what the letters CICS stand for these days and the answer , delivered with hardly a grin will be ‘ Certainly Is Client-Server ’ . |
| 12 | I have now returned to live in London where I teach for two days a week at the Royal Academy Schools ’ . |
| 13 | The main features of tabes are an inability to balance when the eyes are shut , numbness , and ‘ tingling ’ sensations , ‘ lightning pains ’ , which are sharp , shooting pains , usually in the lower limbs , which may come and go in a short time or last for several days without remission . |
| 14 | Ask for our ‘ Special Offer ’ of six days pay for seven days stay . |
| 15 | You only pay for qualifying days . |
| 16 | Frequently they stay for some days . |
| 17 | At the start of the filming we bring in a students ' orchestra and we rehearse for three days , six sessions in all . |
| 18 | Once the abscesses burst , they usually discharge for several days before gradually healing up often with an obvious scar which can remain visible for several months . |
| 19 | Pour on the juice of 12 lemons and leave for five days . |
| 20 | Dry and weigh , use an equal weight of sugar , sprinkle this on to the stems in a shallow dish and leave for two days . |
| 21 | Faintly bluish spots may develop at the site of a louse bite and persist for several days . |
| 22 | Oh it 's give you breakfast for fourteen days . |
| 23 | Sometimes Finch would leave Yolande in the morning for the studio and not return for several days . |
| 24 | A care assitant , Margaret Thoms , said she saw a woman resident who 'd cut her head , lying in blooded bedclothes and nightwear for 2 days . |
| 25 | Plan for shorter days and lower temperatures , with the west wetter than the rest — but there 's always hope for an Indian Summer . |