Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a few days [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll stay for a few days at least — if she can put up with me . ’ |
| 2 | However luck was not with us for , as a reward for jumping in the intervals of appalling freezing fog , he got flu as a Christmas present and was delayed for a few days in hospital at Ringway . |
| 3 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
| 4 | The collection from the nest was made within a few days of the fledglings leaving the nest , and the broken up and trampled remains of pellets and bones from the nest can be mostly attributed to the regurgitated pellets of the fledglings . |
| 5 | Green water of a consistency like pea soup is familiar to most pool owners , for even in well established pools this condition may occur for a few days during early spring when the water is warmed by the sun , so algae appears before the submerged oxygenating plants have had a chance to start growing again . |
| 6 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 7 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 8 | His two infant sons had died within a few days of one another in April 1541 . |
| 9 | Father and son had died within a few days of each other … |
| 10 | Many mums who have apparently short labours have actually been gently dilating for a few days without realising it and without having any of the other traditional ‘ signs ’ of labour : a ‘ show ’ as the plug to the cervix is expelled , waters breaking or the first contractions . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | A political truce was called within a few days of the outbreak of war ; a pact to end contested by-elections was first signed on 6 August , and a joint recruiting drive began before the end of the month . |
| 13 | The new ruling was a financial consideration to prevent ratepayers from , in effect , subsiding replays played within a few days of the original game . |
| 14 | A personalised pay-in book will also be posted within a few days of opening the account . |
| 15 | The length of single eruptive episode , which can range from a few days to several years , will depend on the eruptive energy available once the ground surface is broken . |
| 16 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 17 | This is total rubbish , as if the body is to be buried or cremated within a few days after death , no such risk exists . |
| 18 | Most fatalities from T. canis infection occur during the pulmonary phase , and pups which have been heavily infected transplacentally may die within a few days of birth . |
| 19 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 20 | When Miss Louisa had a second more severe stroke at the end of August , and Miss Ellen another heart attack , both old ladies died within a few days of each other . |
| 21 | Unfortunately old Mr and Mrs Linton caught the fever too , and died within a few days of each other . |
| 22 | Their proposal will not be finalised until a few days before the F&S meeting on 5th March , but seems likely to be for a 9% pay increase ( the lower figure of price inflation and the average national wage increase ) , with no reduction in differentials . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | An example of a condition caused in this way is phenylketonuria — one of the so-called ‘ inborn errors of metabolism ’ — an inherited biochemical disorder for which babies are now routinely tested within a few days of birth . |
| 25 | Most children with severe visual handicaps will have been discovered within a few days of their birth or in their early infancy in hospital . |
| 26 | Many are already paired from previous matings ; all are usually nesting , courting , mating and laying within a few days of arrival . |
| 27 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |