Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] days at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ This young lad was getting people to mind Sam for a few days at a time . |
2 | Initially for a few days at a time , then for weeks , and eventually whole months . |
3 | 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 . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |