Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [art] few day [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 2 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 3 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 4 | In all her short life Sally-Anne had never before encountered the squalor which she had seen in the few days since she had arrived in these poor streets in the hinterland between London Docks and Stepney . |
| 5 | He had been the weaker of a hatching of two males and would almost certainly have died within a few days if local ornithologists had not taken him from the nest and reared him themselves in the hope that a home might finally be found for him as worthwhile as the Zoo … |
| 6 | If the symptoms are of the remedy they will disappear in a few days and no more medicine may be needed . |
| 7 | Understandably Diana found it hard to concentrate on the cookery course she had enrolled in a few days before her father suffered his stroke . |
| 8 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 9 | All are strongly seasonal , with activity limited to a few days or weeks in summer . |
| 10 | ‘ You and Ratagan could take one out tomorrow , stay for a few days and have a look around at the western fiefs . |
| 11 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 12 | In some homes it is possible to stay for a few days or a week at a time either occasionally or on a regular basis . |
| 13 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 14 | He had n't shaved for a few days and a sickly smell clung to his clothes and hair . |
| 15 | Inventories were normally taken within a few days or weeks of the testator 's death . |
| 16 | In the event of trouble , remove the villain , let the other fish settle for a few days and them put him back . |
| 17 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 18 | He told the owner of the pensione that he would probably be leaving in a few days and then he made his way to the station to ask about trains . |
| 19 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 20 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |
| 21 | The therapist realized that some changes in the couples ' situation would have to occur within a few days if another crisis were to be avoided . |