Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] a few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 2 | She could contain her dislike for this character for a few days , could n't she ? |
| 3 | ‘ Would you like to come down to Carinish Court for a few days ? ’ |
| 4 | I rose this morning after a few days of calm without mystical experience and I walked through a steep valley in a golden light of dawn that was like a rich but transparent garment covering all things . |
| 5 | If they made the bead taste bitter , by dipping it in alcohol , or quinine , or the pungent methylanthranilate , then the chick would peck once , show disgust by shaking its head vigorously and wiping its beak on the floor of its pen , and then back away , refusing to peck at a similar but dry bead offered any time from a few seconds to a few days subsequently . |
| 6 | Instead they were shunted to another bank for a few days . |
| 7 | This reduces reporting time to a few days . |
| 8 | A busy man who was prepared for ‘ another talk ’ after the prolonged exchange of a few days earlier , was not quite the self-absorbed , withdrawn person he has sometimes been portrayed . |
| 9 | When fermentation has finished the ‘ green beer ’ is run into conditioning tanks for a few days . |
| 10 | The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day . |
| 11 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 12 | While Yannick Noah and his players rightly basked in the glory of the remarkable victory for a few days , one of the men who masterminded the victory was already making plans to build upon the fantastic achievements of 1991 . |
| 13 | Triple tests for ammonia , nitrite and nitrate have revealed startling fluctuations over a few days . |
| 14 | Sterilised crypts continue to empty of functional cells for a few days , then crypts disappear and bare ulcerated areas develop . |
| 15 | The bank would give him facilities to purchase the business to the extent of seventy five thousand pounds if he agreed to sell his property at and from the proceeds of sale to repay the bridging facility in its entirety and they would provide a sixteen thousand pounds business loan and overdraught facilities to be reduced by five thousand pounds within a few days and if the six thousand pounds rent deposit was not required then the business loan would be reduced to ten thousand pounds . |
| 16 | The money will be deducted from your current account within a few days of your purchase — just like a cheque , but so much easier . |
| 17 | His final words were that she needed a nice long holiday after a few days in bed . |
| 18 | We often admit patients with this problem to the diabetic unit for a few days to demonstrate how effective the right diet can be . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , Roger , it 's obvious — you have worn that chain for a few days and it has left a mark . |
| 20 | We had in addition to this party , — a doctor coming to visit his mother , who lived in Coll ; a young Englishman with a fishing-rod , who had left a medical practice for a few days , to whip the burns of Coll and breathe the fine air ; a minister 's wife ; a retired minister and his wife , both in delicate health ; the fiscal of Tobermory , who had a farm in Tiree ; the Chief Constable and Sheriff Clerk from Mull , who came to investigate a case of suspected cattle poisoning ; and a young Glasgow teacher , who came to be guest of the Fiscal aforementioned . |
| 21 | At this stage cut off the complete head and invert it in a paper bag , hanging these in an airy place for a few days until the seeds are quite dry . |
| 22 | With perfect bad timing Inge , the au pair , had left that very morning on a few days ' holiday , and tomorrow was Nettie the housekeeper 's day off . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's not a matter of Sun missing volume by a few days , ’ it said , ‘ but by weeks . ’ |
| 24 | I shall be drawing a considerable sum in a few days but you must know how it is , travelling the country as we old soldiers do … thank you … ten pounds will be quite sufficient … and you must let me spend some more of it in your excellent company … that evening 's entertainment we enjoyed together , Mr Wood , ’ his voice rose in the small hallway and the other guests and servants indoors and out strained noticeably to catch what would surely be the eloquent testimonial of a compliment , ‘ was one of the , shall we say , most boisterous and wise , a rare combination , Mr Landlord , I have spent , whether in London , in Europe or in and out of ships and foreign postings in a long lifetime . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But we will see whether he can get back into full training for a few days . ’ |
| 27 | They must be able to cope with aridity , high daily and seasonal temperature ranges , seasonal swings in photoperiod from long days to long nights , and a growing season ranging in length from three to four months on the polar fringes to a few days or even hours in higher latitudes . |
| 28 | If she is already ripe with eggs , then a few hours will suffice — if not , feed her well on live food for a few days until she is plump in the belly region . |
| 29 | This hormone is produced by the developing embryo within a few days of the egg being fertilised . |
| 30 | This was very promising indeed and Paul , the breeder , sounded like a really nice , caring sort of chap , so I told him I was very interested , and would call with a definite answer in a few days . |