Example sentences of "few days at " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few days at Broadlands , they flew to Gibraltar to join the Royal Yacht Britannia for a two-week cruise in and around the Mediterranean . |
| 2 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 3 | She had enough tins in the larder to see them through a few days at least . |
| 4 | I am staying for a few days at the Dale End Hotel while I explore the district , and I 'd like to know about the Brownies ' Bridge , as I am to do with Brownies . ’ |
| 5 | When his few days at Culbone were over , Coleridge descended again into the prosaic lowland world , and by 14 October was home at Lime Street , gloomy and impoverished . |
| 6 | So saying , when my wife Catherine died of cancer , Anthea sent me persistent invitations to spend a few days at her cottage , or even just come for a meal . |
| 7 | She wondered again what her grandfather 's thoughts and feelings had been in those few days at Dudley House . |
| 8 | For a few days at the beginning of August 1920 , it was widely believed that the Government was preparing to send a new British Expeditionary Force to relieve the Polish Army . |
| 9 | The idea is to spend a few days at a hotel and all you have to pay for are the meals and any extras , such as wine . |
| 10 | Throughout the field investigation there will obviously be exchanges of information between the engineering , operational , flight recorder and pathological investigators , and for the first few days at least there will be regular meetings for mutual consultation at the end of each day 's work . |
| 11 | After spending a few days at Snaefellsness , our final goal was the fabulous Lake Mývatn . |
| 12 | Doubtless many iron workers put in a few days at a time on different sites ; until quite recently putting out much of the work to contract in small stints on a ‘ labour-only ’ basis was a regular practice in mineral extraction , so leading tax collectors to class earnings as profits rather than wages . |
| 13 | It was an act of creative destruction , but in those first few days at the refuge what had seemed positive began to seem rootless and resourceless . |
| 14 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |
| 15 | However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity . |
| 16 | The process can be unpleasant and dangerous if unsupervised , but with medical , nursing and family help most people can ‘ detox ’ surprisingly easily within a few days at home or , if necessary , in hospital , without untoward symptoms . |
| 17 | And then of course er when I got to New York we were quite friendly with all the people on the boat you know that made great friends with some of them and er I had two or three places to go , I had spent a few days at the World Fair and then I flew down to Washington and er then I came back again . |
| 18 | Sometimes Elise would come up to London to spend a few days at Merrill 's flat and together they visited galleries , and saw a show . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 20 | Over the next few days at least 100 lamas were arrested , including a senior Buddhist official and Yuluo Dawuaciren , a " living Buddha " . |
| 21 | Over the next few days at least five people were killed in clashes in Shaba province between his supporters and activists of the Union of Independent Federalists and Republicans ( UFERI ) , the party of Nguza Karl-I-Bond , Tshisekedi 's predecessor . |
| 22 | Now Mr Brownbill , whose plight was taken up by the Echo 's Champ , Bill Jackson , has been told that work will start within the next few days at his South Liverpool home . |
| 23 | Now Mr Brownbill , whose plight was taken up by the Echo 's Champ , Bill Jackson , has been told that work will start within the next few days at his South Liverpool home . |
| 24 | ‘ Raising pupils awareness is especially important as so many young people are injured in their first few days at work . ’ |