Example sentences of "[prep] a [det] nights " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treating , perhaps fortunately , cut his visit short for after a few nights of festivities he was stony broke . |
| 2 | After a few nights , silence again . |
| 3 | She was n't afraid of the dark ; but now , after a few nights here , she was beginning to admit to herself that she did n't really like such a depth of blackness . |
| 4 | He had only been in for a few nights after his first summer holiday in the five years I 'd owned him . |
| 5 | It was great to be working in one place for a few nights on the trot so that I could afford to go to that amount of trouble . ’ |
| 6 | In a small club in Hamilton , Ontario , he jammed with them onstage for a few nights . |
| 7 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 8 | It achieved fame in 1860 , when a nova appeared in it and reached the seventh magnitude , altering the whole aspect of the cluster for a few nights . |
| 9 | ‘ I shall give him to the Geimhreadh to play with for a few nights , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 11 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 12 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
| 13 | But Welsh and English alike took care to put their valuables and their armour , if they had any , safely under lock and key , for if the returning troops were to be billeted in the town , even for a few nights , there would certainly be some looting , and no sane burgess was so loyal a king 's man as to be complacent about losing goods and gear without a struggle to preserve them . |
| 14 | And er we find that those of us who are working with homeless people are increasingly simply trying to find some kind of shelter for a few nights rather than actually trying to find a home for people . |
| 15 | We wat , did you see that film up , that was on a few nights ago , some time last week I think ? |