Example sentences of "a few days [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |
| 2 | It was tough on the aircrews though , going out night after night to drop bombs on targets they could n't see through the murk and the searchlights , but perhaps this very impersonality kept them going — that and the fact that they were young and usually had a few days between each mission when they could recuperate in the relative peace and tranquility of the English countryside . |
| 3 | Over a period of a few days during early August the world 's perception of the Kingdom shifted dramatically , so that King Hussein was no longer portrayed as one of the chief US allies in the region , but instead as one of Saddam Hussein 's prime collaborators . |
| 4 | Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again . |
| 5 | All this has happened in the absence of any balmy warm spell , just a few days without cold nights and with midday temperatures hardly as high as 50F . |
| 6 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
| 7 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 8 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 9 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 10 | ‘ The deaths of father and son within a few days of each other raise questions to which I have to find satisfactory answers . |
| 11 | I believe it to be one of two aircraft , both Dornier Do 17Zs which were both shot down in the same area within a few days of each other . |
| 12 | Indeed , if anything , modern societies seem bent on compounding the problem by considerably lengthening and complicating adolescence — a period of life which , as we have seen , barely exists in totemic societies where individuals go from childhood to adulthood via a few days of traumatic initiation . |
| 13 | A gigantic undertaking like the invasion of Europe needed at least a few days of good weather to give it a chance , and we appeared to be settled into a period of wind , rain and low cloud . |
| 14 | He was offering her a few days of physical pleasure which would only leave her thirsty for more . |
| 15 | After a few days of this treatment , Moz began to feel less threatened by his owner , and began to greet her at the gate . |
| 16 | But after a few days of insipid campaigning there was grumbling back at base about the way the campaign was going . |
| 17 | They grew with his reading of Frazer who described the ‘ Burnt Land of Lydia ’ contrasting with the surrounding verdure and marvelled ( in the conclusion of The Dying God ) at ‘ what may be called the Australian spring ’ where ‘ the sandy and stony wilderness , over which the silence and desolation of death appear to brood , is suddenly , after a few days of torrential rain , transformed into a landscape smiling with verdure ’ . |
| 18 | The three piece leather does make for a lot of stitching at the sides and this suffered quite badly after a few days on rough moraine . |
| 19 | It was just a few days after eight children from the W family from South Ronaldsay had been taken into care . |
| 20 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 21 | Yet even though he got the chance to fight Mr Bush , he would not now be heading for the White House if it had not been for the disaster which hit the President a few days after that TV interview . |
| 22 | And if you look at the roofs of a row of houses , a few days after any snow fall , some roofs are free of snow quite quickly , and some take much longer , even although there 's no sun . |
| 23 | So you , well then you 'll still not know what you 're going out with because you still have a few days from last week to get . |
| 24 | Hervey probably died a few days before 7 February 1277 . |
| 25 | After managing to hold out for several months against Paul 's pressurising , she had agreed to the engagement only a few days before this trip . |
| 26 | Laurence del Brok probably died a few days before 25 December 1274 . |
| 27 | You will not be in a condition to care about shaving , for example , for a few days in all probability anyway . |
| 28 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |