Example sentences of "[vb past] for a few day " in BNC.

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1 It rained for a few days after that shake of early March .
2 Grandma lay for a few days drifting in and out of sleep , unaware of everything about her , until one afternoon when Julia and Carrie were sitting with her .
3 When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises .
4 This vigorous phase continued for a few days , with the column of steam and ash climbing eleven kilometres high above the volcano and showering ash over points up to 480 kilometres distant .
5 We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel .
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