Example sentences of "[v-ing] a few day " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Politburo , at its meeting a few days later , described the summit as a ‘ major event in international life ’ whose main result had been the ‘ deepening of the political dialogue between the Soviet Union and the USA ’ ; and the dialogue did , indeed , continue under Reagan 's successor George Bush , first at a storm-tossed ‘ get to know you ’ summit off Malta and then more formally in the course of an official presidential visit to the United States in 1990 . |
| 2 | The whole responsibility rests with Alain and I am pleased to see him here , getting a few days ’ break , although I imagine that Sunday night will see him speeding back to Paris , whatever we decide to do . |
| 3 | After his second retirement eight years later , he was again ‘ let down lightly ’ , by doing a few days ' work a month on market research . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The timing of Nguyen 's visit was regarded as significant by some commentators , coming a few days before the arrival in Moscow of the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party , Jiang Zemin [ see p. 38189 ] . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the Japanese , with relatively few elements of their three-million strong army , achieved more rapid success than they had expected : by 11 January 1942 they had occupied the Celebes ; on 4 February the Allies on Amboina surrendered ; on 15 February Singapore fell , and on 19–20 February Timor was invaded , the main force of its defenders surrendering a few days later . |
| 7 | On one level they were just marking time , spending a few days in the country at a friend 's house . |
| 8 | After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn . |
| 9 | Extend the Taj Triangle Tour by spending a few days in the fascinating city of Kathmandu . |
| 10 | She 'd been spending a few days ' holiday in Sicily , with her friends Penny and Devlin . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's spending a few days with Maria Luisa in Valencia on the mainland , ’ Fernando told her at last . |
| 12 | It is definitely worth flying to Prague and taking a few days to look around before you travel across the country to Slovakia . |
| 13 | ‘ Angela 's taking a few days off — she has n't been well , ’ he said , easily . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Cuts into the , it cuts into the we the weeks , I mean that sounds terrible , I 'll be , you 're only working a few days but it 's surprising the teaching days I do really , that really does cut into my time at home . |