Example sentences of "[prep] a few days [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , erm when we 're up the farm when er , after a few days we put the feed in them they smell . |
| 2 | Derek Hegarty says it 's been tougher than they expected because the winds up in Scotland were very strong and after a few days they had troubles with their knees but they 've managed to keep going … |
| 3 | But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan . |
| 4 | He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms . |
| 5 | After a few days he started telling us about the year spent in isolation . |
| 6 | The meeting broke up with mixed feelings , but after a few days it became clear that we were in business . |
| 7 | Already after a few days it became clear that the German troops had not succeeded in repulsing the Normandy landing , and that the deployment of the V1 — rapidly dubbed ‘ Versager I ’ ( ‘ Failure No . |
| 8 | But it was only somewhere about thirty degrees Celsius and after a few days I had become accustomed to the change in temperature . |
| 9 | After a few days I started to develop backache in the lumbar region so acute that I could hardly move . |
| 10 | In a matter of a few days it seemed , I was crying unashamedly with other City Temple folk at a prayer service arranged by Dr Weatherhead to ask God 's mercy on the people of Czechoslovakia . |
| 11 | for a few days we took him up here and all up there ! |
| 12 | His hotel room had three beds , and for a few days he shared it with two German boys , students , who had enormous rucksacks and bulky guidebooks , and who were eager for Tim to go round with them . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | and if you 're coming for a few days you 've , you 've bag carrying and all this in the business |
| 15 | For a few days I had even considered calling the shop Trumper and Salmon , but dropped that idea when I realised that would only tie me in with Charlie for life . |
| 16 | Within a few days we had become bystanders , watching things happen beyond our control . |
| 17 | Within a few days he had received some opinions on it which he transmitted to Pons immediately . |
| 18 | Within a few days she had resolved to flee the country — her husband would not leave his business — and to join her parents , who had settled in London in 1936 . |
| 19 | Within a few days she had recovered enough to play practice chukkas , going straight into fast polo as though she 'd played it all her life . |
| 20 | Within a few days she seemed very accepting of the situation , almost enjoying not having her husband around the house . |