Example sentences of "up for [adj] day " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my colleagues went up to D 's cottage last weekend and PK was up for eight days about a fortnight ago , and had a really super week and not bad weather though there was a lot of snow at the roadsides on their way back — she went with current boyfriend , a nice chap who lives in Midlands . |
| 2 | After washing up for five days , the 4th Bottesford Pack in South Humberside raised enough money to buy daffodil bulbs which they planted beside their church car park . |
| 3 | On another occasion when I was holed up for two days in a tiny cottage in Snowdonia while it poured with rain , an ordnance survey map , my first hand knowledge of the area and an illustrated catalogue of Turner 's work allowed me to prepare for locating the sites where he worked . |
| 4 | ‘ We kept it up for ten days before Passchendaele , ’ Finlayson said . |
| 5 | Helen ( 20 ) was yesterday locked up for seven days for what the judge described as a ‘ nasty campaign of noise and harassment ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ It was as if they had all been locked up for three days the way they rushed in , ’ said a security man who saw the 8.30am rush . |
| 7 | It was not worth the sulk and you 're ashamed of me are n't you that he could keep up for three days when required . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |