Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [det] days [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | resolve and spirit after a few days without a bath , a week without a change of clothes . |
| 2 | After a few days of the Novotel , I was able to move to the Trianon , a magnificent Edwardian building , well placed right on the edge of the park . |
| 3 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 4 | ‘ After a few days in the gym here I would wake up and hope that the sparring partners would not turn up . |
| 5 | After a few days in the cave , he entered the farmhouse , saying that his end was close . |
| 6 | We all know that we feel better after a few days in the mountains but why is this ? |
| 7 | After a few days in the nest , however , the chicks will peck more at the herring gull model ( Figure 3.4 ) . |
| 8 | We flew back to Mahe and straight on to Praslin for a stay of a few days with the intention of taking day-trips to the smaller islands of Cousin and La Digue . |
| 9 | ( It was only a matter of a few days before a faster one appeared . ) |
| 10 | What you need is a break or a holiday so count your pennies and weigh up your chances of a few days in the sun or short spell staying with friends . |
| 11 | But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches . |
| 12 | John went over to Mosquito Island where he has established James for a few days with a government tent , man and fitting-up . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh — it 's my son — he 's got cystic fibrosis , and my wife 's gone away for a few days with a friend for a break . |
| 14 | My mother went on an outing for a few days with the Blind Club . |
| 15 | One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then he covered it up quickly with a look of studied indifference ( very unconvincing ) and mumbled some nonsense about you being in hospital for a few days for a check-up . |
| 18 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
| 19 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | For a few days at the beginning of August 1920 , it was widely believed that the Government was preparing to send a new British Expeditionary Force to relieve the Polish Army . |
| 22 | He was less prominent in the action than William Craig and he felt sufficiently distanced from it to be able to absent himself for a few days in the first week of the strike when he went to Canada to attend a funeral . |
| 23 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 24 | If the war was n't actually forgotten , it was put aside for a few days in the district around Screehaugh . |
| 25 | It 's best to store the panelling for a few days in the room in which it will be used , to allow the moisture content of the wood to settle before installation . |
| 26 | Although he had only been in his new job for a few days before the murder , Dave Pushell had already tried to imprint his personality on the office . |
| 27 | Gabrielle went to stay with her parents in the Kent countryside for a few days after the hearing , collected her thoughts and decided to carve out a life for herself and her children . |
| 28 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 29 | In the latter days of the Roman Empire his powers were assumed by the Emperor , or Divine Guide of the World . |
| 30 | Only in the latter days of the town 's life as a centre of county magnificence were any real attempts made to establish an overall urban form and both resulted in failure , at least as financial ventures . |