Example sentences of "for five day " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was denied sleep for five days on end . |
| 2 | The woman made no complaint to the police for five days . |
| 3 | Several members of the European Parliament , including Mr Cot , had called for the pair to be suspended for five days with financial penalties . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , in another part of the hospital , a man lay dead in a lavatory , unnoticed for five days . |
| 5 | Smarting from the coup attempt , in which her official residence was bombed from the air and the capital 's financial heart seized for five days , Mrs Aquino came swinging back yesterday . |
| 6 | For five days before the president 's announcement all banks were closed , by order . |
| 7 | Beside it , a large window showed the first view that Tug had seen for five days . |
| 8 | You can see that in January this person weighed 9 st 8 lb ( 60.8 kg ) for eight days , 9 st 7 lb ( 60.3 kg ) for twelve days , 9 st 6 lb ( 59.9 kg ) for five days , 9 st 5 lb ( 59.4 kg ) for five days , and 9 st 4 lb ( 59.0 kg ) just once . |
| 9 | You can see that in January this person weighed 9 st 8 lb ( 60.8 kg ) for eight days , 9 st 7 lb ( 60.3 kg ) for twelve days , 9 st 6 lb ( 59.9 kg ) for five days , 9 st 5 lb ( 59.4 kg ) for five days , and 9 st 4 lb ( 59.0 kg ) just once . |
| 10 | In February our slimmer was never 9 st 8 lb ( 60.8 kg ) , was 9 st 7 lb ( 60.3 kg ) for only six days , 9 st 6 lb ( 59.9 kg ) for five days , 9 st 5 lb ( 59.4 kg ) for six days , 9 st 4 lb ( 59.0 kg ) for six days , 9 st 3 lb ( 58.5 kg ) for five days and 9 st 2lb ( 58.1 kg ) just once ( a weight not attained at all in January ) . |
| 11 | In February our slimmer was never 9 st 8 lb ( 60.8 kg ) , was 9 st 7 lb ( 60.3 kg ) for only six days , 9 st 6 lb ( 59.9 kg ) for five days , 9 st 5 lb ( 59.4 kg ) for six days , 9 st 4 lb ( 59.0 kg ) for six days , 9 st 3 lb ( 58.5 kg ) for five days and 9 st 2lb ( 58.1 kg ) just once ( a weight not attained at all in January ) . |
| 12 | The Russians watched all this with much amusement , and then sent an official protest note ( which the Foreign Office managed to lose for five days ) demanding an explanation . |
| 13 | In Egypt that took five weeks to get ; all for five days shooting . ’ |
| 14 | ICE asks for five days , say 35 hours , which is the same number as suggested by the RIBA for structured/practice-related CPD . |
| 15 | Diarrhoea , which I had now had for five days , finally drove me from my bed at six-thirty . |
| 16 | The most accessible way of progress was through education , for most people had very little money and men were prepared to study in the early morning and late at night during a long week 's work — 10 hours a day for five days and five hours on Saturdays . |
| 17 | They represent acceptable exposure levels based on eight hours a day for five days a week . |
| 18 | The cost of employing the consultant — up to £1000 for five days ' work — is split between the bank and the company . |
| 19 | When I was forty I suffered from my very first migraine , I was in bed for five days with it . |
| 20 | The Upside Down Catfish tend to nip one another as they swim round the tank — they 've only been in the tank for five days , so would the nipping be due to the fact that they 're still settling in ? |
| 21 | The mention of a sinus problem suggested a possible allergy and he was put on a simple allergy-exclusion diet consisting of lamb , pears and water for five days . |
| 22 | Did you realize they drive the ponies into a corral , then tie them to a stake in the burning sun for five days with no food or water ? |
| 23 | Brian had reported general malaise for five days before he developed paraesthesiae in his right arm and weakness in his legs . |
| 24 | Pour on the juice of 12 lemons and leave for five days . |
| 25 | Left-wing O'Leary , just 19 , was the surprise package when the 30-strong party was announced this week for five days ' warm weather training starting on New Year 's Eve . |
| 26 | Staying in tents in one of their villages for five days was a real cross-cultural experience . |
| 27 | We 've been on the booze for five days and the boys only settled the hotel bar bill at six o'clock on Thursday morning . |
| 28 | ‘ He can sit in a dug out watching our A team as comfortably as he can sit in London , not being involved for five days . ’ |
| 29 | In March 1991 , a student in Assam was arrested and held in an army camp for five days , where he was beaten and electric shocks were applied to his body . |
| 30 | The First Response Ovulation Prediction Test contains enough material for five days ' testing , which is sufficient for about two-thirds of ovulating women to detect their LH surge . |