Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] days [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left after a few days as I said . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | After a few days or weeks , the sulphur particles are precipitated as rain or snow . |
| 4 | Water again after a few days and start feeding in June . |
| 5 | There may then be a break of a few days while participants work to devise a training session . |
| 6 | In August , 1944 I was flying Mustangs from Grimbergen , through to the Arnhem campaign , and my memories are that we were the first RAF Squadron to be based near Brussels , and only a matter of a few days after our armies had liberated that City . |
| 7 | The glaze will stay shiny for a few days but after a week will begin to lose its gloss , so do n't decorate the cake too early . |
| 8 | Patients have a sore throat for a few days but no other side effects . |
| 9 | The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’ |
| 10 | He 's expected to be off work for a few days but will be recalled for important Commons votes , including the Maastricht Treaty social chapter next Thursday . |
| 11 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 12 | Most continue ripening in store until ready for the table , but a few varieties must be brought into the warm for a few days before they are ready to eat . |
| 13 | In toads , for instance , the males sit on the backs of females for a few days before the female lays her eggs . |
| 14 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 15 | They were usually listless for a few days before they collapsed , breathing with evident difficulty and , in a few cases , discharging a white frothy liquid from their nostrils . |
| 16 | Fosdyke was all alone , had been for a few days since I had dinner with him in fact . ’ |
| 17 | A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style . |
| 18 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The mother 's death is portrayed in a macabre scene where Walter is unsure whether she has died , or even what death is , and allows the corpse to rot for a few days while he sits by her side . |
| 21 | The Captain and his wife proved so hospitable that Ricky stayed on for a few days after Minton left to stay with Paul ( ‘ Odo ’ ) Cross and Angus Wilson at their home Rio Chico at Ocho Rios . |
| 22 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 23 | They are much more risky , tending to be highly volatile — rising quickly but often falling faster , indeed sometimes trading is suspended for a few days so you are locked in until trading resumes usually at a much lower level . |
| 24 | a combine , which only works for a few days or weeks in the year is far too costly for a smallholder , who must either rely on a contractor or work with simpler equipment . |
| 25 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 26 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |
| 27 | Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’ |
| 28 | Better to hold on to power for a few days or hours longer . |
| 29 | You may think you have to cut back on the necessities of life for a few days or cancel a treat you had promised yourself and the family . |
| 30 | More characteristic still are the thousands of tiny meltwater streams that trickle from ice-sheets and snow-banks for a few days or weeks each summer , often following the same channels year after year , and sometimes building up mats of vegetation along their course . |