Example sentences of "for [adj] days [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some days Harriet kept her cubs within easy reach of the far bank of the river . |
| 2 | For six days North passionately defended everything he had done , right and wrong alike . |
| 3 | So for three days Ruth took food , and sometimes water , to her cousins , and since the food was of a better variety , Charlotte was tempted into eating . |
| 4 | Whether they worked or not , the potions had a serious and potentially fatal side-effect : ‘ these stimulating drugs , ’ wrote Manucci , brought on a retention of ‘ urine … for three days Shah Jehan was almost at death 's door . ’ |
| 5 | If the effect of the rule was that an emergency ring holding position could not be achieved by making a residence order , because of a requirement for 21 days notice , then section 9(5) would have no application and the judge was free to achieve the objective by means of a specific issue order and/or a prohibited steps order . |
| 6 | I hereby confirm that your request for 5 days paternity leave has been granted . |
| 7 | After being seen daily for 3 days David started to accept that his wife was not going to return home . |
| 8 | Every afternoon for twelve days Delia Sutherland visited Joy . |
| 9 | The 23-year-old is returning home to Bruhl in Germany for several days rest . |
| 10 | John Storey , two , was rushed to hospital critically ill with stomach and throat burns and for several days doctors fought to save his life . |
| 11 | Paper has been smuggled from Croatia on horseback over the mountains which is very dodgy , and for two days Oslobodjenje was printed on blue and yellow paper as the white had run out . |
| 12 | For two days Mr Seeders did not come again , and in that time Tildy was a different woman . |
| 13 | And for two days officials from the General Council discussed with the Government the possibility of extending the subsidy . |
| 14 | for two days Signe and I waited for Harvey Newbegin to return . |
| 15 | The emphasis on map and compass skills comes in the wake of a near disaster last August when a group of 14 children and their young leader were airlifted to safety after being lost for two days east of Dalwhinnie in the Highlands . |
| 16 | For seven days Seb was isolated at the farm , yet despite the handicap of a crutch tucked beneath one arm he managed to dig a narrow path linking the house , dairy , hen-house , stables and cow-shed . |