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Example sentences of "[v-ing] for [adj] days " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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	Every year the Bārakotes brought their buffaloes north , walking for ten days , because their own pastures were overgrazed and arid .
3	A surgeon banned from driving for 14 days and fined £105 for speeding at 104mph on his way to hospital to operate is to appeal to the Crown Court .
4	Harris , who also picked up a speeding conviction last year , was disqualified from driving for 21 days and fined £100 .
5	The only disappointment was that , at nine o'clock , the advantage gained by climbing for two days was lost in minutes , like the slow , laborious winding of a stiff spring which snaps and releases its energy in an instant .
6	On Aug. 18 , after deliberating for 10 days , a New York City jury convicted three Harlem youths of raping and brutalizing a white female jogger in New York 's Central Park .
7	After brooding for 15 days this female spat out 40 fry .
8	Enough to keep them going for three days .
9	Enough to keep them going for three days .
10	Those U.S. immigration officials who inquire suspiciously if you have a permanent address to go to and sufficient funds to keep you going for 90 days would be providing a more humanitaran service were they to refuse admission to anyone unable to produce documentary proof of passing a course in how to order a American-style breakfast .
11	McNeill said : ‘ I have been waiting for two days for this supposed written offer .
12	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 .
13	We had been waiting for three days behind Serbian lines .
14	In Xian , a similar demonstration was reported lasting for three days with some violence .
15	I told the housekeeper that I would be staying for several days , and then went straight to my aunt 's room .
16	We are expecting him back on Monday — but if he 's only staying for three days it 's a pointless exercise .
17	If , for instance , there has been a cold wind blowing for several days and the water temperature has been well down for the time of year , then the wind ceases and the sun brings a sudden warmth to the water , you can almost guarantee that the carp will begin to feed .
18	In October 1987 , when share prices crashed around the world , Hong Kong disgraced itself by closing for four days to protect local speculators .
19	I was put down at Whitcross , a crossroads on the moor , after travelling for two days in the coach .
20	But they say you must leave it running for two days .
21	do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ?
22	Ultimate haemostasis was defined as lack of rebleeding for 30 days after treatment .
23	On 14th February Rushdie will have been in hiding for 1,461 days .
24	When you have had a zero reading for seven days , then you can start treating the pond for parasites .
25	I took to sleeping in all my clothes in my sleeping bag , and managed to get away with not undressing for ten days .
26	Sixty four of 90 children had Cryptosporidium alone , 32 of these ( 50% ) had diarrhoea persisting for 14 days or more , and 21 ( 33% ) had diarrhoea persisting for over 21 days .
27	" Advancing to the river which the barbarians thought impassable Plautius sent his Germans , who were accustomed to swimming , across , surprising the enemy , however this time the British fought bravely , the battle raging for two days . "
28	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 .
29	They 're all hoping for better days ahead .
30	Not bathing for two days was no great inconvenience when he only had himself for company ; not shaving suited him fine when there was no woman to complain of beard burns .