Example sentences of "[noun] for the [num ord] few days " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I 've been loafing a bit for the last few days . |
| 2 | Can you imitate an academic ? — like not washing or changing your shirt for the next few days … ? ’ |
| 3 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 4 | She had enough money for the next few days , and she was n't hungry yet . |
| 5 | It 's been Huey , George , Ralph and Bert for the last few days , liquid laffs ahoy . |
| 6 | We acclimatise with shorter trips for the first few days , then split for free sailing , meeting up for a couple of days to brief for another long session of free sailing . |
| 7 | Parents , on duty in turn , kept the egg warm and brooded the tiny chick for the first few days after hatching . |
| 8 | I remember Yvonne saying something about being away on a job for the next few days . |
| 9 | I 've been reading the fucking Bible for the last few days . |
| 10 | Notice boards outside tourist offices often display weather forecasts for the next few days . |
| 11 | I have a busy schedule for the next few days , so I may not be in touch . |
| 12 | ‘ But right now , if you do n't mind , Giles , I think Cavell should meet Penny Seu Chen so that they can sort out Maria 's schedule for the next few days , as I doubt if Maria has had time to familiarise herself with it yet . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're going to be close to each other for the next few days , perhaps longer , and I refuse to keep calling you Miss Adams ; Claudia is a charming name . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Your main priority is to get to know the city as quickly as possible , so we 'll be acting mainly as back-up for the first few days . |
| 15 | That set the pattern for the next few days . |
| 16 | A sense of adventure remained with Sara for the next few days , a sense of adventure tempered with trepidation , so that she had a sensation of flying high . |
| 17 | She 'll be busy with photographers and fittings for the next few days and I 'll join her after the show . ’ |
| 18 | I 've given him an anti-tetanus injection and told him not to shave over those scratches for the next few days . ’ |
| 19 | To enable the cleaning-up operation to be carried out , the hospital will not accept casualty out-patients for the next few days . |
| 20 | The forecast for the next few days was good , and I hoped the fine weather held for Eric 's arrival . |
| 21 | I reckon I 'd hardly surface from my bunker for the first few days . ’ |
| 22 | Christina saw Edward about the hotel for the next few days . |
| 23 | Their hosts for the first few days , the Lord of the Isles , Sir Alexander Macdonald , and his wife Jane , a relative of Boswell 's , waited on the shore at Armadale , a small , dirty , sandy horseshoe of a bay , to greet them . |
| 24 | RIVER RIBBLE : High levels may cause a problem for the first few days . |