Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 2 | We realized that each of us would be a big story for a few days , but that would pass and then we 'd be able to get on with the real work of getting to know our families and friends again . |
| 3 | We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days . |
| 4 | Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days . |
| 5 | On Monday she 's going back to mum for a few days . |
| 6 | When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days . |
| 7 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 8 | So , after luxuriating in its hair shirt for a few days , the City would have sold sterling anyway . |
| 9 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 10 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
| 11 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 12 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 13 | Ill just go out of the house without a word , and stay at my club for a few days . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The idea had been in the back of her mind for a few days now and this evening had decided it for sure . |
| 16 | It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’ |
| 17 | When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall . |
| 18 | I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight . |
| 19 | We had in addition to this party , — a doctor coming to visit his mother , who lived in Coll ; a young Englishman with a fishing-rod , who had left a medical practice for a few days , to whip the burns of Coll and breathe the fine air ; a minister 's wife ; a retired minister and his wife , both in delicate health ; the fiscal of Tobermory , who had a farm in Tiree ; the Chief Constable and Sheriff Clerk from Mull , who came to investigate a case of suspected cattle poisoning ; and a young Glasgow teacher , who came to be guest of the Fiscal aforementioned . |
| 20 | For obvious reasons , people receiving injections of the drug must stay in the dark for a few days , and keep out of direct sunlight for a month , or longer . |
| 21 | This usually clears up of its own accord after a few days — thereafter the person has no symptoms but may remain infectious . |
| 22 | Dorcas vaguely recalled an elderly nome who had once decided that he was a teapot , but he 'd changed his mind after a few days . |
| 23 | The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year . |
| 24 | There may then be a break of a few days while participants work to devise a training session . |
| 25 | His words of a few days ago came unbidden into her mind . |
| 26 | Applications had vastly exceeded the quota within a few days , reports said . |
| 27 | I 'll find it a billet in a few days . ’ |
| 28 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 29 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 30 | Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight . |