Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I inquired after the baptism he said he had been mistaken , it had been yesterday , but that there would be another in a few days and , anyway , who needed a baptism to enjoy themselves ? |
| 2 | They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'll be fine in a few days , my dear , with an infusion of clover and foxglove to steady his heart . |
| 4 | The rash may be barely visible , and may only be present for a few days , or it may be widespread and obvious and persist for many weeks . |
| 5 | On March 2nd 1872 , a letter came from the Mayor saying that the Corporation 's building would be ready in a few days and that they would be willing to receive patients under ‘ such arrangements as may be deemed best adapted to check the progress of the epidemic ’ . |
| 6 | But then when I 'd strengthened her up I said she 'd be alright for a few days . |
| 7 | A small supply of burn dressings and some iodine solution was forthcoming after a few days . |
| 8 | Perhaps inevitably , he eventually contracted typhus at Kherson , in the Crimea , in January 1790 and was dead within a few days . |