Example sentences of "a few days [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SAVE produced a leaflet , above , within a few days as part of the campaign . |
| 2 | In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world . |
| 3 | Anne managed to get a few days off work during his ten-day leave , and as he had few relatives to visit , they were able to spend blissful hours alone . |
| 4 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 5 | While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand . |
| 6 | Fish normally seek out the warmer shallows , and if there are a few days of sunshine before opening day then you will know where to choose on the bank . |
| 7 | He left just a few days before Christmas in 1984 . |
| 8 | David started as a Tuner just a few days before Christmas in 1949 . |
| 9 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
| 10 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 11 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 12 | In January 1962 I drove to Banbury in the snow , a few days in advance of my family and the general removal . |
| 13 | As we were a few days behind schedule by this time I decided to press on while the weather held and the following morning saw us off Montrose with an ominous early shipping forecast of a southerly gale . |