Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] for a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She did not see Joe for a few days and then one Friday as she walked past she saw him in the teashop and went in to join him . |
| 4 | Delay things for a few days ? ’ |
| 5 | The plan had been to leave hospital for a few days , beginning the next day . |
| 6 | ‘ I want you to let me have Hannah for a few days . |
| 7 | it 's always a bit a it came home to me with great a vigour and enthusiasm when I was walking round the kitting station at R A F Innsworth with a supermarket trolley getting it filled with kit and when I got to the end they handed me my dog tags and my gun , I thought what have I let myself in for because I 'd never worn dog tags before and I 'd never had a gun with live ammunition in it that got strapped to my hip and you suddenly realise , I 'm going into a real war it was quite a nerve racking experience for a few days |
| 8 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 9 | So , too , are the increasing number of so-called closing down sales which often take place for a few days or weeks at the end of a shop lease . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | John went over to Mosquito Island where he has established James for a few days with a government tent , man and fitting-up . |