Example sentences of "[vb base] a few days " in BNC.
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1 | When they stopped , sometimes at the junctions between seasons , Tallis could feel the flow of time , the great spiral storm that curled around some focus a few days ' riding to the north . |
2 | THE GUEST WHO COMES TO STAY FOB A FEW DAYS You have to know , or find out , what foods your guest likes and loathes — otherwise the entire stay will be an embarrassing misery . |
3 | Wait a few days till dumbo gets bored and strolls in the streets . |
4 | With a grand gesture of deliberately deflated gallantry , Lucker pulls on his damp swimming costume which he has had breeding in a sour plastic bag since his last swim a few days before . |
5 | Just relax , Nina , enjoy a few days off . ’ |
6 | Well there 's another lad he 's been ill in health he 's worked more now than he ever has cos he used to work a few days and lose a few days and he was n't . |
7 | Short mating consortships last a few days . |
8 | Stay a few days and visit a few places , drink more wine , eat more pasta and then go . |
9 | Maybe we stay a few days . |
10 | Can we reasonably maintain that a woman must continue with a pregnancy in the full knowledge that she will give birth to a baby which will be either stillborn , or live a few days , even hours ? |
11 | ‘ She had enough clothes for a month , never mind a few days , ’ said one of Elizabeth 's friends , who helped them get ready for the trip . |
12 | But what America does one day , we usually do a few days , weeks or months later . |
13 | BRITISH COAL launched its first ‘ privatisation ’ move a few days ago . |
14 | You see , with costs like this , even if you take a few days off you 're a million quid in the hole ! ’ |
15 | The boss knew I was worked to death , and not wanting to lose me said , ‘ Mick , you take a few days rest . |
16 | ( Many of us take a few days off a year due to PMS , but about one in five women takes a fortnight or more ) . |
17 | Their immune systems are so damaged that colds and bugs which normally take a few days to clear can take weeks or months . |
18 | Er and I said , Give or take a few days , and she said , Yeah . |
19 | Take a few days to dry , but they dry eventually . |
20 | Had we reduced the dividend , our share price would have fallen sharply but , as I write a few days after the Annual General Meeting , the share price is a robust 180p — 26 times our earnings per share . |
21 | We have a few days to go to that looking into it now , so if , you know . |
22 | So you , well then you 'll still not know what you 're going out with because you still have a few days from last week to get . |
23 | Everything brought or sent in has first to go through ‘ property ’ and spend a few days ( which usually become weeks ) there before you eventually get it . |
24 | That it is n't that you 've got up on the wrong side or eaten something which did n't agree with you or just need a few days ' rest . |
25 | ‘ You look as though you need a few days ’ sleep to recover from the night 's activities . ’ |