Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a few day " in BNC.
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| 31 | This year , however , there seemed to be more of them than usual , and one star , Barbra Streisand , stayed in town for a few days and had dinner with Janet Reno , the attorney-general . |
| 32 | Some of the males were injected with morphine for a few days and some were given other drugs . |
| 33 | ‘ He 's gone to Holland on business for a few days . ’ |
| 34 | She 'll be away at a family wedding or funeral for a few days . |
| 35 | With ammunition stockpiles only sufficient to sustain combat for a few days , a lack of the requisite support crafts to service warships and insufficient wartime defence contingencies analysts said that future five-year plans needed to consolidate the qualitative rather than quantitative aspect of the Defence Forces . |
| 36 | Appetite might be poor and food that is eaten will be difficult to digest ; bowel movements will occur at inconvenient times in the night or at unaccustomed times during the day , or the traveller might suffer constipation for a few days . |
| 37 | I certainly wo n't be going in the practice room for a few days . ’ |
| 38 | Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Would you like to come down to Carinish Court for a few days ? ’ |
| 40 | According to many local people , the police hold refugees without food or water for a few days , then turn them loose in the desert near the Somali or Ethiopian borders - too far for them to walk back . |
| 41 | Test rocks for suitability by soaking in tap water for a few days , checking hardness and pH before and after . |
| 42 | If the magic was to start working again , I had to get her alone and in person for a few days . |
| 43 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 44 | She could contain her dislike for this character for a few days , could n't she ? |
| 45 | The first Leopold heard of it was when his son coolly informed him that he was accompanying Aloysia and her father for a few days to visit the Princess of Orange at Kircheim-Bolanden , where Aloysia was to sing several arias that Wolfgang had written for her . |
| 46 | ‘ Stay in my flat for a few days and enjoy what you can of the Carnival . |
| 47 | But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches . |
| 48 | I do n't remember what the occasion was — maybe it was my first day at school , or maybe I was staying with my aunt for a few days … ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark . |
| 50 | ‘ I told him you would not be returning to Milano for a few days . ’ |
| 51 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 52 | My boyfriend at the time , two friends and I , decided to kick around the Loch Tay area for a few days between Christmas and New Year , since the only decent hotel we could find open was the Ledcreich Hotel at Balquhidder . |
| 53 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 54 | ‘ I think relations were strained to the limit for a few days . |
| 55 | They want a haven for a few days to talk to some neutral listener while they conquer an impending sense of ‘ going round the bend ’ . |
| 56 | After a short incubation period the fertilized eggs transform into medusa — tiny pear-shaped animals with rapidly beating hair-like cilia which are then released into the water and have a limited ability to swim and survive among the plankton for a few days before settling on the sea bed . |
| 57 | While Yannick Noah and his players rightly basked in the glory of the remarkable victory for a few days , one of the men who masterminded the victory was already making plans to build upon the fantastic achievements of 1991 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | He came round at once , and said that it was nothing to worry about ; Susan was worn out , that was all , and must stay in bed for a few days . |
| 60 | ‘ She said you had a chill on the kidneys and you 'd be in bed for a few days yet . |