Example sentences of "[verb] for a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 3 | Around £150 for family holidays , allowing for a few days reasonably riding as part of the package . |
| 4 | When the seeds drop off from the flowering spike , they should be left in the tank to float for a few days . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's been happening for a few days , but I 've only just realised what it is … |
| 7 | ‘ You wo n't be going back to work for a few days , I 'm afraid , Francisco . ’ |
| 8 | Lepine was not cremated for a few days yet , until after the despatch of a couple of his victims also being tended to at the Côte-Des-Neiges cemetery , opposite the mountain , alongside the University of Montreal , where Marc Lepine joined his victims in the silence at the centre . |
| 9 | Where time permits , leave the final draft of any report you have written for a few days and then read it again with fresh eyes . |
| 10 | He was going to find it rather difficult to talk for a few days , Kathleen realised . |
| 11 | Overdrafts to customers are often granted for a few days or weeks . |
| 12 | Once the message was on the wire , he had little else to do except sit back and wait for a few days . |
| 13 | Just wait for a few days , and you will see . |
| 14 | Jake fingered the paperweight idly as he continued , ‘ It had probably been developing for a few days . |
| 15 | Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again . |
| 16 | The group then reassembles for a few days to allow everyone to present their trial training session . |
| 17 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 18 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 19 | I would n't , I would n't mind going for a few days |
| 20 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 21 | She used to come down here from London , sometimes just for a meal , sometimes to unwind for a few days , sometimes with some young swain or other , sometimes on her own . |
| 22 | You let things lapse for a few days more . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |
| 24 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 25 | My ‘ heavenly brother ’ was not a Sasse boy , but from the primary school in nearby Mutengene mission where I had been staying for a few days . |
| 26 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 27 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 28 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 29 | However , all the attention can over-stimulate the skin and more spots of blemishes may erupt for a few days afterwards , so always book a back treatment about a week before a special night out . |
| 30 | And then they 'd call for a few days afterwards er whatever . |