Example sentences of "a [noun sg] for a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 2 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 3 | Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’ |
| 4 | But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches . |
| 5 | They want a haven for a few days to talk to some neutral listener while they conquer an impending sense of ‘ going round the bend ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 7 | Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us . |
| 8 | During a shift when the men considered that very little was happening , they responded to calls concerning a house fire and an attempted break-in , calls to check on the whereabouts of a pensioner who had not been seen by a neighbour for a few days , a request to pick up and transport a prisoner , and a call to move on some youths . |
| 9 | And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’ |
| 10 | The one used in London can handle fifty million pieces of information in one second , and it still takes minutes to produce a forecast for a few days ahead . |
| 11 | I had n't had a benny for a few days actually |
| 12 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |