Example sentences of "for [adj] days after " in BNC.
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| 1 | That if the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the same shall have become due ( whether formally demanded or not ) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained shall not be performed or observed or if the Tenant shall become bankrupt or enter into any composition with his creditors it shall be lawful for the Landlord to re-enter upon the premises or any point thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine . |
| 2 | Ultimate haemostasis was defined as lack of rebleeding for 30 days after treatment . |
| 3 | for some days after the flight , the body clock — and with it our daily rhythms — will tend to lag behind . |
| 4 | Ducting interiors : Avoid the use of water as much as possible as water penetrates joints and drips for some days after cleaning . |
| 5 | The exact timing of the sensitive period differs between species ; domestic chicks , for example , only follow objects they have seen during the first three days after hatching , whereas for mallard ducklings , the phase lasts for 10–15 days after hatching . |
| 6 | Yang Yang , 20 , a self-confessed member of China 's pro-democracy movement , had been detained in Hong Kong for 10 days after being arrested for overstaying his visa . |
| 7 | The Welsh centre will be out for 10 days after bruising ankle ligaments , and his injury means the Lions have only one fit centre Jeremy Guscott after the injuries last weekend to Scott Hastings , who is returning home , and Will Carling . |
| 8 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 9 | In the US , buyers will have to hold back for 90 days after the issue because of Securities Exchange Commission restrictions on overseas dealings . |
| 10 | To make matters worse it was generally believed that the spirit of the child would remain in the body of the mother , and so for three days after the actual birth the mother had to sit by a wood and bamboo fire and sweat out the child 's spirit so that the child should be completed and the mother freed from what was now an alien spirit inside her . |
| 11 | In February 1989 university authorities suspended classes for three days after clashes on several campuses between Islamic and leftist student groups . |
| 12 | The rioters , who held the streets of London for three days after Wilkes ' election , although they did not come exclusively from the working classes , were still overwhelmingly so composed . |
| 13 | If rent remains outstanding for 21 days after the due date , forfeiture proceedings may be brought against a dilatory tenant by a strongwilled landlord . |
| 14 | Mr Reynolds needed the nasogastric tube for 4 days after his operation because he developed a paralytic ileus and it was not until the fourth post-operative day that the bowel began to work . |
| 15 | The sheriff or bailiff must not account to the execution creditor for fourteen days after sale if the judgment exceeds the prescribed sum ( currently £500 ) because under s 346(3) the sheriff or bailiff is obliged to hand over the proceeds to the official receiver or trustee if a bankruptcy petition is presented within fourteen days of the sale of the goods and a bankruptcy order is subsequently made on that petition . |
| 16 | According to sources that could n't be revealed , the Paradise Corporation had pretended that Sir Charles Dobson was alive for ten days after his death so that the leadership of the company could be handed over without shaking public confidence . |
| 17 | He was underweight for age at birth and had been placed in an incubator for ten days after a difficult delivery . |
| 18 | For ten days after that first sighting from the top of the Turkman Gate , I trawled the teeming alleys of Old Delhi , trying to identify the houses of the eunuchs and attempting to persuade one of them to talk to me . |
| 19 | Armed police have recaptured a prisoner who 's been on the run for five days after hijacking a taxi and holding a prison officer at knifepoint . |
| 20 | The Democratic Unionist Leader , the Reverend Ian Paisley , has been suspended from Westminster for five days after refusing to withdraw accusations about Sir Patrick Mayhew . |
| 21 | Here 's the son of Kirk Douglas has been jailed for five days after kicking a policeman ! |
| 22 | He then instructed Wallis to take a herbal remedy of red sage leaves for twelve days after which time he would be cured . |
| 23 | For twelve days after the April 9th attack , it rained solidly , suspending all operations . |
| 24 | For several days after his death she had lain in the sagging double bed with a bolster by her side to stop her rolling into the hollow created by Nahum 's bulk , unaware that he would never again make the springs protest at his weight . |
| 25 | The father in particular became less cocky and unbearable for several days after receiving a dose of Matilda 's magic medicine . |
| 26 | For several days after Tess 's arrival , Clare , sitting reading a book , hardly noticed she was there . |
| 27 | This , together with the closeness of the result ( which meant that the distribution of preference and postal votes was particularly significant ) , ensured that the final outcome of the election remained in doubt for several days after polling , during which time Hawke continued as Prime Minister in a caretaker capacity . |
| 28 | A MAN who refused to speak for several days after being arrested was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge . |
| 29 | Standards were made up by drawing 5 ml of venous blood daily for four days after injection of the labelled red cells . |
| 30 | Traveller jailed for 14 days after fine |