Example sentences of "was [verb] for [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | This diet was consumed for six days . |
| 2 | The first session was arranged for 4 days later . |
| 3 | The first attempt on the buttress was delayed for two days because of bad weather , and it took a total of five days to climb the feature , which included a band of loose rock at the base , and reconnoitre the south ridge to the start of a large rock pillar at about 5,900 metres . |
| 4 | Faeces was collected for 5 days and the faecal 5 1 Cr activity was correlated with that of the blood standards from the previous day ( which enables the calculation of blood loss into the intestine ) . |
| 5 | Sheila alleged that she was dazed for three days following the attack , suffering a black eye and a cut on her forehead . |
| 6 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 7 | In the latter instance a whole timetable was freed for two days , this being in itself an innovation , and two classes , 6 and 7 , combined to work in groups with their teachers and a local inspector . |
| 8 | It was silenced for eight days . |
| 9 | I was kidnapped for ten days . |
| 10 | The particles were distinctly shaped , and a different set was used for each day . |
| 11 | A small bag of zeolite was used for three days , every two weeks to keep ammonia in check . |
| 12 | Fabia arose on Sunday morning , thought of Cara , of Barney , and of the man she had never yet met but , with guilty conscience , hoped to , and then attempted to shed her anxieties by remembering that , with Františkovy Láznë being less than twenty-five miles away , Františkovy Láznë was where she was heading for that day . |
| 13 | The airport was closed for six days last week when fire crews refused to cross picket lines by baggage handlers protesting against having the new system imposed on them . |
| 14 | NEW YORK 'S Empire State Ballroom was packed for four days last week with people who knew little about computers . |
| 15 | The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 ( see pa 90 of this issue ) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth , where she was based for some days for familiarisation trials . |
| 16 | Following a dramatic rise in the US dollar exchange rate on the black market , from 6,000 intis at the end of October to 11,200 on Nov. 21 ( and to 14,000 intis by May 1990 ) , transit through the Tacna border with Chile and border points with Ecuador and Bolivia was restricted for 15 days as from Nov. 21 to crack down on smuggling and illegal trading in US dollars , particularly in the Chilean free zone of Iquique . |
| 17 | At childrens ' hall , which was picketed for two days , picketed for two days , by this now happy band of Labour people in |
| 18 | Last year the company lost £30,000 worth of fish bound for the Spanish market when the consignment was blocked for three days outside Toulouse by French lorry drivers protesting about restrictions on the hours they could drive . |
| 19 | So let's sum up , I treated a similar case with 5 times the amount of fluid than the article used , the case was solid the next day and was viewed for 3 days and had no greying off and the colour was really good . |
| 20 | The country 's most prominent dissident , Elizardo Sanchez , leader of the Cuban Human Rights and National Reconciliation Commission , was detained for two days but released on Oct. 13 . |
| 21 | An eighteen-year-old boy who had flown from India to marry a Calcutta girl now living in Liverpool was detained for three days by the officials , who suspected him of being under age and of using marriage as a trick to get a work permit . |
| 22 | After two days , Beattie 's trial was adjourned for eighteen days and then resumed for a further three days . |
| 23 | The case was adjourned for seven days . |
| 24 | The hearing was adjourned for 28 days to enable the coroner to produce further evidence . |
| 25 | The case was adjourned for ten days , and I was allowed bail , but the hospital governors thought it best for me to be suspended on full pay until after the inquest had been held . |
| 26 | AHMED ASHRAF MUHAMMED MUSTAFA : an agricultural engineer , he was tortured for nine days while detained without charge for six weeks in 1989 . |
| 27 | NAZLI TOP : A 23-year-old nurse and midwife , she was tortured for four days at the Anti-Terror Branch of Istanbul Police Headquarters while three months ' pregnant . |
| 28 | He told immigration authorities he was on holiday and was admitted for 11 days during which time he was treated for typhoid and genital ulcers . |
| 29 | It was extended for three days after officials reported violence had dropped below the average 30 killings a day . |
| 30 | As a condition of his release , Nick 's passport was withheld for 90 days , pending an appeal by the prosecution . |