Example sentences of "a few days in " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 2 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 3 | Dana and I spent a few days in London again before travelling to Spain . |
| 4 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 5 | Thanks to Peterborough 's Hospital at Home ( HAH ) system , Jessica has spent only a few days in the local district hospital . |
| 6 | Over a few days in May 1984 Puhe accompanied Andrew Kerr of FoE Scotland and other campaigners in a tour of Scotland , England and Wales which took in 47 sites , at 31 of which beech , Douglas fir and spruce were found with the same symptoms as those in West Germany . |
| 7 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 8 | Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past . |
| 9 | In January 1962 I drove to Banbury in the snow , a few days in advance of my family and the general removal . |
| 10 | Wallington notes that road-blocks ‘ were widely used , especially within and on access roads to Nottinghamshire , but also elsewhere — notably ( for a few days in March 1984 ) at the south entrance to the Dartford tunnel . |
| 11 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 12 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
| 13 | You will not be in a condition to care about shaving , for example , for a few days in all probability anyway . |
| 14 | Everybody attending the seminar was sent papers a few days in advance ; these were principally copies of actual experts ' reports ( with the names changed ) which would form the subject matter of the two mock trials . |
| 15 | A few days in the wild world of rope knot protection , a chaotic grading system and unfamiliar rock had made us cautious . |
| 16 | What is the best way to protect my plumbing system while I am away for a few days in cold weather ? |
| 17 | On one level they were just marking time , spending a few days in the country at a friend 's house . |
| 18 | It finally erupted when Mozart asked for permission to stay on for a few days in Vienna to collect some outstanding fees . |
| 19 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 20 | It 's best to store the panelling for a few days in the room in which it will be used , to allow the moisture content of the wood to settle before installation . |
| 21 | BY THE time they got to Woodstock they might have been half a million strong , but give them a few days in the mud and they 'd soon wandered off into an acid daze looking for luxuries like a toilet , somewhere to sleep and a decent tofu burger . |
| 22 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 23 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 24 | If any holiday could be a tonic for both mind and body , a few days in the clean air and clear conscience of Saalbach-Hinterglemm has to be it . |
| 25 | As a soldier stationed on the South Coast at the time of D- Day , I spent a few days in London where I attended the Proms . |
| 26 | Extend the Taj Triangle Tour by spending a few days in the fascinating city of Kathmandu . |
| 27 | After living in London for a while the couple spent a few days in Bournemouth and on St Swithun 's Day 1875 they came by steamer to Swanage . |
| 28 | I had planned to stay only a few days in the Bahamas . |
| 29 | In a month 's time we 'll have a quiet wedding in the local church , and after a few days in London we 'll travel through all the countries of Europe . ’ |
| 30 | After a few days in his efficient hotel bedroom , the rage and shame of having any connection with West Berlin passed into glassy remorse . |