Example sentences of "few [adj] days [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards we had spent a few stolen days at the ski resort of Grindelwald , in the shadow of the Eiger North Face . |
| 2 | A few hard-earned days of R and R , as the Americans put it , away from everything and everyone — or so I thought . |
| 3 | A few odd days of film work slotted neatly round that weekend , leaving her no ready excuse apart from cowardice . |
| 4 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 5 | THE congregation from Orangefield Presbyterian Church will see out the few remaining days of summer as they plan a family fun day this Saturday at Orangefield Park . |
| 6 | So , except during a few warm days in summer , a white coat would seem to put its wearer at a disadvantage . |
| 7 | And in the general confusion over Sunday opening , there was the opportunity of sneaking a few extra days of trading , and most booksellers who took this up were well rewarded for their efforts . |
| 8 | ‘ But if you carry on for a few more days on an unofficial basis , that 's your business . |
| 9 | We had a bachelor party on board , who were out for a little merrymaking : an island marriage ball had wooed them from the desk of the counting-house , and having had a taste of the free air of these parts , and being good fellows well met , a few more days of healthful roving have a gleeful appendix to the gaieties of the wedding . |
| 10 | And yet , despite his obvious distress , this man had not even tried to save his nephew other than , through his lamentable dithering , allowing the poor child a few more days of life . |
| 11 | After a few more days of subtle hints — ‘ If you 're a smoker , with young children , over a certain age , in a high-stress job , it 's lethal not to have a medical ’ — ‘ Oh all right ! |
| 12 | ’ It 'll add a few more days to our hop to Vadinamia . |
| 13 | It is a good idea to do this for a few more days before the horse travels . |
| 14 | ‘ But I have a few more days before Chelsea have to decide whether to buy me . ’ |
| 15 | After a few more days in Salamanca , during which you and I could do no work in common , your friends left in a great uproar of drunken invective , shouting political slogans — which fortunately were in German — against the Franco regime . |
| 16 | Get a few more days after Easter I 'll be alright . |
| 17 | As the Prime Minister savours one of his last few busy days before the deluge , will he think back to the dinner that he gave at No. 10 Downing street last November on behalf of the Tory party for what The Sun — I must quote it accurately because it is from The Sun — |
| 18 | She lay back , her body rigid , as she reviewed the last few catastrophic days of her life . |
| 19 | Between the two examinations he spent a few necessary days of recuperation at Swindon , spending some time with Dad Uzzell . |
| 20 | The exchanges between Bhutto and Ishaq Khan had grown sharper in the few last days of the electoral campaign . |