Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
| 2 | He carried on for two days but finally , in excruciating pain , had to go to hospital when a splint was put on his damaged limb . |
| 3 | There was an army display on for one day only , Mrs Blakey had said at breakfast : the car-park behind the fish-packing station had been taken over for it . |
| 4 | The battles went on for four days that August and at least thirty-four people were killed . |
| 5 | The king 's son mounted his horse again , and they rode on for seven days , until they came to the islands of the Black Sea , where there is such darkness that a spoon might stand up in it . |
| 6 | ‘ The feasting would go on for seven days . |
| 7 | The conference will go on for 3 days . |
| 8 | After pitching their tents , the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights . |
| 9 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 10 | I keep it on for several days . ’ |
| 11 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 12 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 13 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 14 | ‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’ |
| 15 | Despite soldiering on for three days she finally admitted defeat when frostbite of the labia majora forced her to abandon the job . |
| 16 | Yes , this went on , it went on for about er three days , it went on for three days . |
| 17 | It seems that official confirmation may not have been forthcoming , for the German O.K.W. records noted only a single Hurricane shot down during this day , while Müncheberg 's claim was apparently classed as a ‘ probable ’ , although it remained on his personal list of successes . |
| 18 | And so gently , uncertainly , yet doggedly , he makes his way along through this day as , we must suppose , through the whole of his life thus far . |
| 19 | In another disruption to the troubled plant 's operation , Kozloduy 's second reactor was shut down for six days in early January after an escape of radioactive material from the central circulation pump . |
| 20 | She has put she 's put herself down for one day at the end of her accounts to learn about accountancy and as Ian pointed out , it 's it 's it 's not a lot . |
| 21 | Thereafter , it is slightly intimidating when subjects are set down for each day 's debate , and we feel a little restricted in moving beyond the sphere of the Ministers on the Front Bench . |
| 22 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 23 | To have it in er Daily Post , The Post is the morning one The Echo 's the evening to have it in for one day in The Post and The Echo , how much ? |
| 24 | The traumatic experiences the men had already been through — the drama of the inrush of slurry , the knowledge that they were entombed , the foul air they had lived in for two days , and the threat of the gathering gas — meant that the half-mile walk wearing apparatus , and a further one and a half miles to the surface , would be a severe test of their remaining stamina and resolve . |
| 25 | The wife of a Sussex shopkeeper paid a woman 18d ( 7.5p ) in 1760 for coming in for two days , while Eden in 1794 reported that Lincolnshire women who went out to wash earned 6d to 8d ( 2.5 to 3p ) a day . |
| 26 | People living next to the site of a New Age festival planned for the weekend say they 're in for two days of misery . |
| 27 | So , he waited in for two days nothing ! |
| 28 | Margaret 's Anita is a trained patisserie chef , who comes in for three days a week to delight people with her delicious home-baked brown bread and scrumptious deserts . |
| 29 | Medical practices for instance two days beforehand before coming in for three days . |
| 30 | You go in for three days and you have a big dose of drugs . |