Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] for [det] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 2 | We had to wait for some days until a convoy of ships was ready . |
| 3 | These were the words she had longed to hear , the ones she had wished for that day at the Trevi Fountain . |
| 4 | One single man lived in lodgings and his landlady was in the habit of putting in a pudding basin the lunch she had prepared for that day , for him to have warmed up on the morrow . |
| 5 | Whatever inhibitory material was present appeared only after the mould had grown for several days , so there was an obvious advantage in having a stock of the active principle ready for bacteriological experiments . |
| 6 | Kate had asked for another day of leave to try and get her family affairs sorted out . |
| 7 | Phyllis enjoyed telling all that had happened for some days . |
| 8 | However , Lucy managed to convey that she intended to stay for several days , or perhaps for even a week . |
| 9 | A MAN who refused to speak for several days after being arrested was yesterday given a 12-month conditional discharge . |