Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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1 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
2 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
3 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
4 | ‘ And do n't worry if you do n't hear from me for a few days . |
5 | Seventeenth August — visited No. 4 Commando ( French Troop ) and decided to remain with them for a few days , due mainly to their hospitality and the change of scene . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
8 | We went in to the University and met up with Ian Jamieson , who invited us to come and stay with them for a few days . |
9 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
10 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
11 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
12 | That 's what this programme is about , and in that time I mean I think , I was thinking actually as Terry was speaking , erm you said that it was not clear that you can judge somebody on a hundred days , and I must say I agree with that , and I think at the moment in the last hundred days we 've been at war and it 's impossible to judge a new Prime Minister , who 's come into office in the right at the beginning of what potentially could have been a very nasty war . |
13 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
14 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
15 | ‘ It must have been bothering you for a few days . ’ |
16 | ‘ Well , he can atone for his sins by waiting on you for a few days , ’ Jack said laughingly . |
17 | JEWKES : Do you know , sir , that Her Ladyship , your sister , intends to be down here with you in a few days ? |
18 | It 's as hard to do justice to the beauty of the Eternal City in a few words as it is to see everything in a few days . |
19 | … in every way like the man , as a twin brother and companion , haunting him as his shadow , both before and after the original is dead ; and was also often seen of old to enter a Hous , by which the People knew that the Person of that Liknes wes to Visite them within a few days . |
20 | I believe that the lessons learnt from my first five years of trial and error could have been imparted to me in a few days by any half-decent panner . |
21 | ‘ So I said I 'd see them in a few days . |
22 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
23 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
24 | It would last her for a few days . |
25 | Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’ |
26 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
27 | Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
28 | Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
29 | I told him I would contact him in a few days , but I never did . |
30 | Go and see her in a few days . |