Example sentences of "[adv prt] for [det] 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 | The process goes on for several days , a few polyps occasionally expanding briefly , until finally the coral returns to its former glory . |
| 3 | I keep it on for several days . ’ |
| 4 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 5 | Sometimes a murder enquiry will have been going on for some days before it emerges that there is a sexual element involved . |
| 6 | You should be feeling slimmer this morning , and it should encourage you to carry on for another day . |
| 7 | ‘ Are you sure you do n't mind having us stay on for another day ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her daughter , Gemma , had been left money for her school dinners and an elderly neighbour took her in for several days before social workers took her into care last week . |
| 10 | Just another form of the takeaway service some blacks are going in for these days . |
| 11 | In February the Japanese made a great effort to surround a British and Indian force in Arakan , but the result was a resounding victory for our men , who had indeed been cut off for some days , but supplied by air . |
| 12 | ‘ Having studied these on and off for some days , what is your opinion ? ’ |
| 13 | The English boy used to work in the hospital for a day at a time , and then be off for several days . |
| 14 | She agreed , but said that before he began work with Brian Harley — after the Safari circuit but before the European Tour began — he had gone off for several days ’ training . |
| 15 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that many companies find that the loyalty given to them by disabled people more than makes up for any days that they may have to take off work to undergo treatment ? |
| 16 | Tom Eisner and Stephen Nowicki , of Cornell University , noticed that the spiders that use stabilimenta build long-lived webs that can stay up for several days . |
| 17 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
| 18 | She was worried about a pair of wild barn owls : they had been nesting in her barn for years and she knew there were young up there , but had n't seen the parent birds going in and out for several days . |
| 19 | The remaining things she could come back for any day . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's what I hang around for all day , ’ said the poet , ‘ when your mother is doing something useful . ’ |
| 21 | Greg had seen the posters around for some days , and on the evening before opening day he made it his business to pass by the warehouse and go in , for he was a paid-up member of the club , and lit seemed easy enough to fake a mistake about the members ' viewing day . |
| 22 | His stomach rebelled at the mere thought of food , but he knew he must not miss this golden opportunity to put something by for another day . |