Example sentences of "[vb infin] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 2 | But he added that patience had limits and he might wait a few days or two weeks . |
| 3 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
| 4 | He would wait a few days before having his hair cut , so that they could not think that they had made him . |
| 5 | I can wait a few days . ’ |
| 6 | Well , I may send a telegram if I can work a few days off at Athens . |
| 7 | And you could spend a few days there . |
| 8 | She could quite happily spend a few days here , just remembering her own childhood : the train set , the beautifully designed doll 's house , the football game … it made her sad that she had no children of her own so that she could cling on to that childhood that she so often missed . |
| 9 | They will spend a few days with their hosts in the classroom , before going on a camping trip in the Dutch countryside . |
| 10 | She could spend a few days in Prague just enjoying herself , and … ’ |
| 11 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 12 | ‘ I can spare a few days , ’ Jenna assured her , not daring to look at Alain . |
| 13 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 14 | ‘ Should only take a few days . |
| 15 | I found out how well after a serious filter failure while away , but it did take a few days for the lethargic specimen to return to full health . |
| 16 | I 'm just waiting for my international clearance now , which should only take a few days , and then I 'll be aiming to challenge for a first team place . ’ |
| 17 | The spokeswoman added : ‘ It will take a few days to find out just what has been taken . |
| 18 | Though osmone may take a few days , if not weeks , to work , and not everyone can detect the smell , its action is gentle but effective , claims Dr Todd . |
| 19 | It was arranged that he would take a few days ' supply of stoma bags with him and he was given a list of equipment he would require . |
| 20 | You can always take a few days off immediately before the exam to rest and refresh yourself . |
| 21 | And then she will take a few days off from seeing anybody except me and do a bit of work . |
| 22 | I 'm definitely gon na take a few days off , but I wanted |
| 23 | It would help if , perhaps , you could take a few days longer to prepare a considered report . " |
| 24 | The authorities say that will take a few days to put right . |
| 25 | Sometimes electric shock treatment his been given to quell the uproar and the ensuing calm gives the adult the opportunity to reassert itself and the tormented soul can have a few days of peace . |
| 26 | He thinks perhaps I might have a few days away from here . |
| 27 | Each time you are paid , CPO will send you a pay statement which will normally arrive a few days before your pay is put into your account . |
| 28 | There will be pre-completion searches to put in hand and in addition some corporate tenants in particular may require a few days in order to execute and return documentation . |
| 29 | Among orange mounds of dust and evil black pools the sawyers squatted , self-reliant Lowlanders who perched here like colonists and were tolerated because the sub-tenants and cottagers on the poorest land could get a few days felling trees when they were desperate . |
| 30 | She might get a few days riding from it , but it could not survive for long . |