Example sentences of "[prep] [art] few days [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The Supreme Soviet usually met for two sessions of a few days each year .
2 After a few days of premonitory seismic activity , the eruption started on 15 January and for a few days well-developed Vulcanian activity continued , with frequent explosions and a great eruption cloud reaching up to 10,000 metres .
3 We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children .
4 Stella , before Howard leaves , will you fix for him to fly to New Canaan for a few days last spring … ? ’
5 For a few days last week it looked as though United States voters would behave as British voters did earlier this year and swing back to the devil they knew .
6 Within a few days each hole is teeming with worms , with a large proportion being on the pebble .
7 Within a few days military delegations from Myanma and Thailand had met and Myanman troops were withdrawn by Dec. 25 .
8 Within a few days most of the patrols had either been killed or captured and the enemy occupied their rendezvous at Bir Fascia .
9 when we send it back in a few days fitting , this job I says we 'll want it early in the morning and you can have it in the afternoon , but we were going to spend the day in Liverpool , but you 're dad said , I 'm not being round all those shops all day , so I said ooh no !
10 But they hope that in a few days forty orphaned children will be on their way to a new life in England … leaving behind them an horror of war which has already killed thousands of innocent youngsters .
11 It 's been going on a few days this game .
12 This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared .
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