Example sentences of "in [noun prp] for a [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'd have to stay in Holyhead for a few nights . |
2 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
3 | Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta . |
4 | Johnson was highly ranked but had been based in England for a few months under ten years . |
5 | I was in Sydney for a few weeks , and had an affair with a broad . |
6 | Have to be in Paris for a few days . |
7 | I had been in Styal for a few months and I kept putting in for an open prison , but they kept saying no . |
8 | ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital . |
9 | They 'll work in France for a few weeks at a time staying in hotels . |
10 | Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears . |
11 | She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back . |
12 | Darwin settled down in London for a few years and became an active member of the Geological Society . |