Example sentences of "a [adj] days they " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a few days they should be given a cool , shaded position ; after that as much light as possible . |
| 2 | Within a few days they were ready to invite Poole to a dinner of roast pork and potatoes — cooked in the baker 's oven because the cottage had none that could be used — and at the end of January a letter to John Prior Estlin described with quiet enthusiasm the clear brook which ran before the cottage door , a pretty garden — ‘ large enough to find us vegetables and employment ’ — and an orchard lying beyond which was about to become home for some ducks and geese , as well as two pigs . |
| 3 | The captain had told her that they were now off Porto , and that within a few days they would be entering the Tagus . |
| 4 | However , after a few days they can normally be enticed to eat again , with either freeze-dried or live foods . |
| 5 | The guards knew full well what was happening and we knew that after a few days they were likely to get heavy about it . |
| 6 | In a few days they 'll be back here begging us for food . ’ |
| 7 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |