Example sentences of "[be] [adv] for [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In the morning I explained to Diana and Mary that I had to go on a journey , and would be away for several days . |
| 3 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
| 6 | Though , come to think of it , what with Lubor being away for some days last week when she 'd arrived , he must have quite some time off from his duties . |
| 7 | Still it 's only for another day . |
| 8 | She was sure it would get Edouard and his wife into trouble , and she kept saying it was only for another day or two . ’ |