Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Jack and Alison were going for a few days to Amsterdam . |
| 5 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | Uterine contractions continue for a few days after birth ( they are often particularly evident when the child begins to suck at the nipple ) . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The hearings ran for a hundred days during the summer and autumn of 1977 . |
| 11 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |