Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [prep] [art] few days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting with three 1½ × ¼in strips of ash for each I intended to steam the strips , clamp to the forms for a few days , and then glue and reclamp . |
| 2 | This raises public awareness and the press is always interested in hard statistics ; so if you can say several hundred people signed the petition in an afternoon or over the course of a few days it will undoubtedly earn you publicity . |
| 3 | Myxomatosis first shows as a swelling of eyes , ears and vent , and in the course of a few days the eyes fill with pus and the rabbit loses its sight . |
| 4 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 5 | In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days . |
| 6 | For obvious reasons , people receiving injections of the drug must stay in the dark for a few days , and keep out of direct sunlight for a month , or longer . |
| 7 | Applications had vastly exceeded the quota within a few days , reports said . |
| 8 | This means placing the plant material in a base of oil or fat and leaving the mixture in the sun for a few days . |
| 9 | Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A warm front had passed the previous day , leaving the usual warm sector haze , the following cold front was still hundreds of miles out in the Atlantic so would be of no interest to the mainland for a few days . |
| 12 | ‘ If I do n't go on the mat for a few days , I get withdrawal symptoms , ’ he confesses . |
| 13 | If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days . |
| 14 | I 'll expect you at the Presbytery in a few days with your donation . ’ |
| 15 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | AND you receive the magazine within a few days of UK publication . |
| 19 | The American cruised the Solent for a few days while Mark was tying up the loose ends , and returned to the States without paying another visit to his office . |
| 20 | ‘ I think relations were strained to the limit for a few days . |
| 21 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 22 | He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit . |
| 23 | ‘ Two members of staff were invited by personal acquaintances in the Republican Party to visit the US for a few days to talk about the British general election . |
| 24 | You did n't fall in love with someone in the space of a few days , just because you 'd finally succumbed to the lures of sex , or lust , or whatever had overwhelmed her ever since he 'd fished her out of the sea that first night … |
| 25 | Curtis remarked to Springfield that he must have seen more action in Rockford in the space of a few days , than he had done in the previous few years . |
| 26 | In the space of a few days an apartment building is burned down by drug dealers who suspect a rival crack gang of operating in its basement . |
| 27 | She goes off to the city for a few days , but then she is back . |
| 28 | This case began before my use of LM 's and I prescribed Lycopodium 6C three times daily which dealt with the symptoms within a few days . |
| 29 | If the food you have given is not completely eaten , or if the water becomes cloudy , stop feeding the shrimps for a few days . |
| 30 | When Ashley Mountney work was slack , he could be released to help on the farm for a few days sheep shearing again . |