Example sentences of "[prep] a few days [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd fetch her home , clean her up , straighten her out and take care of her for as long as she 'd let me , but the call of the wild was strong and after a few days of sleeping on the couch , she 'd vanish again . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The resultant paste is cask-conditions for a few days before bottling . |
| 4 | After a short incubation period the fertilized eggs transform into medusa — tiny pear-shaped animals with rapidly beating hair-like cilia which are then released into the water and have a limited ability to swim and survive among the plankton for a few days before settling on the sea bed . |
| 5 | They would be noticeable for a few days after passing into the camp , unfamiliar faces asking the way to the lavatories , or being excused washing-up by the people in whose rooms they had been placed . |
| 6 | In fact it works so well that within a few days of installing it friends were asking if they could fax me printed documents that they had always wanted to store on disk . |
| 7 | Within a few days of writing my planning notes a reasonable ( by UK standards ) day dawned . |
| 8 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 9 | Within a few days of laying I place the egg mass in a dish , and squirt it with tank water from a pipette . |
| 10 | Howard had tried all the proprietary athlete 's foot remedies , but found they were only partially effective ; the infection would always return with a vengeance within a few days of discontinuing with the ointment or powder . |
| 11 | Jenny came back from Rome and rang Sara up within a few days of arriving home . |
| 12 | Within a few days of opening your account you will be given your own cheque book . |
| 13 | A personalised pay-in book will also be posted within a few days of opening the account . |