Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a few day " in BNC.

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1 It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is …
2 Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days .
3 and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business
4 My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days .
5 I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’
6 ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days .
7 He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle .
8 Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam .
9 Where a slight flow of water is guaranteed for a few days , for example in crevices and gullies that conduct snow-melt trickles , mosses gather among the lichens .
10 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 .
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 .
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