Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are away for several weeks your phone bill should be much lower than normal and you will automatically receive a Low User Rental Rebate . |
| 2 | On 30 June Colonel Wilkinson was at his desk catching up on policy matters after having been away for several days visiting units in the Liverpool area and attending an Army Catering Corps Promotion Selection Board held at Exeter . |
| 3 | Only when Guy had been still for several minutes did she cross to the bench and set the pail down . |
| 4 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 5 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 6 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
| 7 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 8 | Although the restaurant is only open for lunch between 12 and 2 , the three staff are there for several hours either side for preparation . |
| 9 | The card and flowers were there for several hours . |
| 10 | They 're quite pricey — £13 and £8 , respectively — but , unless your hair is very long , there 's enough for several applications |