Example sentences of "he [verb] for [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither had any inkling of Gooch 's worries as he reported for two days pre-tour training at Lilleshall in each of the weeks leading up to Christmas . |
| 2 | He suffered for 10 days and died on 14 March . |
| 3 | Reid watched the mess from his hidey-hole in the roof-space where he hid for three days . |
| 4 | He returned for five days in November 1991 when Selena Scott made a TV film A Prince Among Islands , which was shown all over the world . |
| 5 | Christopher Horn , 45 , of Hurworth Moor , near Darlington , sparked a police search when he vanished for several days in August . |
| 6 | At that time he travelled on a little inter-island plane to the northerly island of Westray to teach for two days a week ; for a while he taught for two days on the island of Sanday as well . |
| 7 | On 23 May 1991 he absconded for 17 days . |
| 8 | He stayed for twelve days . |