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Example sentences of "[vb infin] for [adj] days " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Today they fly south to see a seventh-century Buddha statue and Buddhist temple before boarding a flight to Hong Kong , where the prince will stay for three days while the princess flies home .
2	If Dalziel found out he 'd laugh for seven days .
3	Jones , 20 , suffered sickness and diarrhoea and did n't eat for five days .
4	If this is in the form of a loose box to which the cow can adapt for some days before calving , then there is inevitably less stress .
5	Others were running wild , frightened of human contact and impossible to catch and treat for many days .
6	Dawn did once disappear for two days , but I now know where to look for her if she vanishes .
7	A blue one signifies I shall wait for better days .
8	With the ends waxed to reduce water loss , and packed in damp newspaper , budwood can just about survive for 10 days , until back at the nursery the buds skill and experience , this operation can be exasperatingly with skill and experience , this operation can be exasperatingly unsuccessful .
9	You 've just to got be ca You 've just got to be careful that you get it i i you 've got it pristine working and it 's gon na work for two days .
10	The pate will keep for 4–5 days .
11	The herrings will keep for 4–5 days in the fridge .
12	( This will keep for 2–3 days in the fridge . )
13	It will keep for several days in the refrigerator .
14	Holly is the best , and a good log will burn for two days ; a really good green one will last for several days .
15	And we did not stop for four days , discussing every detail , going over every bit of ground .
16	He could not sleep for two days before Billy 's first night , on 1 May 1974 , and he was unable to eat during the day of the opening show , which was attended by Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother .
17	I could n't sleep for three days — I 'm not exaggerating .
18	On May 1 the foreign ministers will meet for two days of talks on how much of a say Brussels should have in working out joint foreign policy .
19	The telephone did n't function for two days ; the mattress was uncomfortable , and the hot water was prone to run out .
20	You must take for twenty-one days religiously , stop for seven , always begin on the same day of the week , got it ?
21	We could go for eight days between fill-ups instead of having to brim the tank every four days , ’ he says .
22	Er as long as the weather 's decent really , I know we 're only gon na go for three days so
23	Let the mixture stand for two days , and then strain .
24	You can drive for several days and never leave the state .
25	At dinner a military band played ; the governor 's wife was ‘ a very agreeable woman , with an uncommonly mild and sweet tone of voice ’ , and the governor told Johnson and Boswell that ‘ the Arabs could live for five days without victuals , and subsist for three weeks on nothing else but the blood of their camels , who could lose so much of it as would suffice for that time , without being exhausted . ’
26	Spiders can live for several days without food , but if you keep a spider for longer than a few days , you must feed it .
27	Moreover , the government had earlier proposed that Parliament should sit for three days a week , instead of five .
28	Kuwait 's Ministry of Power and Water last week estimated that water supplies would last for 12 days if the slick reached desalination inlets , or for a month if the population was rationed to 4 litres per person per day .
29	The conference , which will last for three days , will be addressed on the opening day by the leader of the Liberal Democrats , Paddy Ashdown .
30	‘ It can be difficult to make your child take lengthy courses of treatments such as antibiotics when the average treatment can last for seven days — an eternity to a child However , newer , shorter-course antibiotic treatments are now available from your doctor , which are taken once a day for between three to five days .