Example sentences of "been [adv] for [det] days " 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 They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home .
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 .
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