Example sentences of "for three day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't wash it for three days ! |
| 2 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 3 | But none of these problems is unique to acid house : the Notting Hill Carnival continues for three days , attracts vast crowds , involves large-scale drug consumption , and is stupefyingly noisy . |
| 4 | One woman who was kept in solitary confinement for three days said : ‘ The whole idea is to worry people . ’ |
| 5 | Similarly , Charlie 's incarnation as a Norse explorer among the Skroelings , ending when a man who seems to be Erik the Red took his crew and ‘ steered them for three days among floating ice , each floe crowded with strange beasts that ‘ tried to sail with us , ’ said Charlie , ‘ and we beat them back with the handles of the oars ’ surely relates to the long sea voyage , an account of which originally formed the bulk of the ‘ Death by Water ’ section . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It is self-sustaining for three days , and includes all the men , equipment and stores required to fight in a limited conflict . |
| 8 | Sir Michael Quinlan , Britain 's permanent under-secretary of defence , arrived in Kuala Lumpur yesterday for three days of talks about purchases of military equipment . |
| 9 | He was handed over to local army units and then driven around in an armoured car for three days to prevent Securitate units discovering his whereabouts . |
| 10 | ‘ The moment I got behind the wheel , he went on a binge , and he was in no shape to drive , so I was his chauffeur for three days , three days without sleep . |
| 11 | He closed all Catholic schools and colleges for three days and cancelled all services for the following Sunday , except for a single Mass in the Cathedral Church , to which 100,000 people came . |
| 12 | But he had only been away for three days . |
| 13 | At the time all I could think was , three days — anyone can put up with anything for three days . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've got all my money and I 've had no dinner meself for three days , ’ I said . |
| 15 | It is said that the men of Israel are to prepare themselves for three days for this awesome disclosure of God by not going near a woman ( Exod. |
| 16 | We all went home having had little but fruit , cheese and Texas-size shrimps for three days , but it was delicious , convenient and appealing , and there was plenty of it . |
| 17 | At the start of the filming we bring in a students ' orchestra and we rehearse for three days , six sessions in all . |
| 18 | These annual Councils normally lasted for three days and were composed of official sermons , addresses and conferences on various topics . |
| 19 | Reid watched the mess from his hidey-hole in the roof-space where he hid for three days . |
| 20 | He had been discovered by the abbess 's steward , Richard of Bernstead , who , when he resisted attachment , seized and bound him , took him to Barking , imprisoned him for three days and afterwards delivered him to the forester and the verderer . |
| 21 | For three days there has been smoke , not like the time before . |
| 22 | For three days they parleyed ; Rawn demanding their surrender and the Nez Perce asking to be allowed into Montana in peace . |
| 23 | Minimum rental bookable in advance is for three days . |
| 24 | It took a long time to bring the fire under control , the local pubs kept open for three days and nights . |
| 25 | For three days and nights she danced in the streets with the crowd . |
| 26 | Butchers closed their doors for three days in the week . |
| 27 | Would a guilty man leave such bloodstained , incriminating evidence about the house for three days ? he enquired of the jury . |
| 28 | Just before Christmas I moved jobs , and in the middle of January I went away for three days on a course . |
| 29 | For three days the discussions and arguments went on . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , I 've been on the road for three days . ’ |