Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] for a few day " in BNC.
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1 | Yes , I think I shall stay on for a few days here . ’ |
2 | I ask him to come down for a few days and I also invite Lady De Marr . |
3 | ZOOLOGIST Terry Walton stopped off for a few days in India in 1967 . |
4 | Maybe I should have hung on for a few days in there getting to grips with Alf Bundy 's ailments . |
5 | Our son Greg came over for a few days to do some business in England and to see his father . |
6 | Cover up for a few days , use a higher factor lotion , and take great care . |
7 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
8 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
9 | After the fish had settled in for a few days , one that I had thought to be a male showed signs of filling eggs , and developed a bright yellow patch on her belly . |
10 | Lesley-Jane will be fine if she just rests up for a few days . |
11 | ‘ Stormed around for a few days , lobbied as hard as I could and got on with my job . |
12 | ‘ He may decide to hold off for a few days and give steroids to develop the lungs , ’ Belinda suggested . |
13 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
14 | ‘ I think everyone is probably making far too much fuss , and Angela has just taken off for a few days ' holiday . ’ |
15 | ‘ If Steve does n't come back for a few days I 'll probably have to go into Palma and see the airlines and the tourist board myself . ’ |
16 | We all thought right okay , we 'll get out for a few days and matters 'll come to a head , get sorted out and we 'd be back at work , happy as anything you know , everything sorted within a couple of weeks . |
17 | We actually split up for a few days because his mother sent a Christmas card to him and not to me . |
18 | instead of just going , you should of said oh I just come up for a few days |
19 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
20 | There 's no alternative , I 'm afraid , to covering up for a few days , using a higher SPF sunscreen and taking care to stay out of the sun as much as possible . |
21 | Then the funeral was held up for a few days , and we soon realised that the effect was indeed cosmetic and nothing more . |
22 | Richard and a few followers escaped downstream to Geoffrey de Rancon 's castle at Taillebourg while the bulk of his troops were driven back into the cathedral , where they held out for a few days . |