Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [verb] a few day " in BNC.
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| 1 | I phoned and the man that I needed to speak to was not there , he 'd been seconded to the Himalayas or something , he was only coming back erm , in the middle of January , I was in , erm , November or whatever it was , I was giving a few days ' grace , and then I was going to call . |
| 2 | I heard that she was widowed a few days before the baby was born . |
| 3 | We were to stay a few days longer here , for Flora 's sake . |
| 4 | He 's taking a few days ’ vacation out there , right now , so Pat and I thought it would be a good idea to let Fred Klepner stand in . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 6 | He was recaptured a few days later in Liverpool in an operation involving more than 60 police officers and a helicopter . |