Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] for a few days " in BNC.

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1 The first team squad were then told to get out of Glasgow for a few days , prompting a rush for the airport .
2 He had also brought a chess manual , because he had heard that children could play chess brilliantly , but after ski-ing with Sam for a few days he decided that there was no call to be beaten by a five-year-old at two things at once .
3 The England midfielder added : ‘ I 've only been with Leeds for a few days but that 's long enough to know I 've made the right decision coming here . ’
4 A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham .
5 Meanwhile the end of the German campaign in Yugoslavia and Greece meant that many of the Luftwaffe units employed there were now being posted elsewhere , some of these stopping off in Sicily for a few days on their way back to Germany and undertaking a few missions over Malta .
6 Have to be in Paris for a few days .
7 ‘ Well , exactly — ’ she hrumphed some more — ‘ I said she was still going to be in Maidstone for a few days though we were thinking of moving her to a private hospital .
8 Her mother 's not too well — she 's staying on in Hazelbury for a few days , ’ Leith speedily calmed his fears .
9 She could stay in Edinburgh for a few days longer , she said , until he was ready to go back .
10 We went to Weston-super-Mare for a few days .
11 When King George died in 1952. and Queen Mary died in 1961 , Edward returned to Windsor for a few days .
12 When the greetings and exclamations were over , they told me that they had been staying on Mull for a few days , and had just arrived on Moila , and were putting up at the post office with Mrs McDougall .
13 I knew I was going to Stafford for a few days , but I do n't think , I 'll be there a fortnight .
14 Yeah , you could pop up to Scotland for a few days .
15 Paddy Mayne 's veteran A Squadron returned from the Great Sand Sea to Kufra for a few days in mid-November , having successfully raided airfields around Gazala , familiar territory from the past .
16 We 'll be going to London for a few days next month to find suitable premises , so I 'll be able to go down and see Mum and Dad and the children .
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