Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 31 | But after a few days , with no sign of the weather clearing , he began to feel like a prisoner . |
| 32 | After her death , he advertised for a housekeeper with a view to matrimony but unfortunately the first lady who took the job decamped after a few days , taking with her his prized possessions and helped by a male friend who apparently had kept in the background . |
| 33 | After a few days swanking round relatives and old schoolfriends , the novelty of showing off the new clothes and slang such as ‘ She stinks on ice , kid , ’ wore off . |
| 34 | In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days . |
| 35 | After a few days I started to develop backache in the lumbar region so acute that I could hardly move . |
| 36 | Suspecting a mild heart attack , his doctor had him admitted to hospital but tests were negative and he was discharged after a few days . |
| 37 | This usually clears up of its own accord after a few days — thereafter the person has no symptoms but may remain infectious . |
| 38 | After a few days had passed , an old woman was walking from the Doon bridge into Alloway village and passing the partially ruined Kirk Alloway , when she heard a loud bellowing sound coming from the church . |
| 39 | From Mongolia , at last they entered China , and after a few days came to the Great Wall , another of the earth 's wonders . |
| 40 | After a few days , he left his hiding place and went to the farmhouse of Ten Shillingside in Mauchline Parish , of which his brother was tenant . |
| 41 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
| 42 | After a few days of tests and observation , the surgeon approached her bed . |
| 43 | Had the French attempted to move inland he would , it seems likely , have fought a defensive battle on ground of his own choosing , but after a few days , with not a shot fired on either side , the French re-embarked and de Tourville sailed home with his fleet intact . |
| 44 | In a period of very bad weather , for example , especially in a rural area the post office may run out of real cash , as might other shopkeepers , after a few days without contact from the outside world . |
| 45 | ‘ After a few days with me he starts to calm down and see things in perspective again , ’ she reveals . |
| 46 | ‘ After a few days I was n't half as hungry and found it easier to cut down . |
| 47 | However , after a few days the coral becomes accustomed to its resident , and behaves normally . |
| 48 | ‘ After a few days of production I had the opportunity to approach Dustin , ’ Silvis remembered . |
| 49 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
| 50 | Diana is expected to leave Wood Farm after a few days to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday with her brother Earl Spencer . |
| 51 | This is filtered off after a few days , and the company is left with sheets of a solid , somewhat resembling uncooked pastry , which is then flavoured and textured . |
| 52 | After a few days , the strike began to slip in Belfast and to gain momentum in rural areas where farmers ( including a small number of Roman Catholic farmers ) laid on huge tractor cavalcades . |
| 53 | Sometimes , of course , it can work the other way round ; I recall a woman , going through a difficult time with her husband , returning after a few days ' holiday to find that he had swept and cleaned the house from top to bottom . |
| 54 | After a few days I was allowed downstairs and began to eat proper meals again , and two weeks later I started back at school . |
| 55 | I should add that there are also a great many flowers that seem to have rather negative meanings , such as the lovely little lawn daisy , which apparently means ‘ delay ’ , or ‘ return after a few days when I may give you an answer ’ — not necessarily the most suitable text to put on a bookmark . |
| 56 | But after a few days of Margery 's company ‘ the worshipful woman sped herself fast out of Akun with all her retinue ’ . |
| 57 | After a few days , the investigators ruled in favour of the college authorities . |
| 58 | They were persuaded after a few days to go back to far-off Shaanxi province and continue to do their duty in their ‘ adopted rural home ’ . |
| 59 | All these ruffles should be smoothed out after a few days . |
| 60 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |