Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [adj] days [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand . |
| 2 | The resultant paste is cask-conditions for a few days before bottling . |
| 3 | Observations were taken over three weekdays within a few days of each other to cover the period between 8.00 a.m. and 7.00 p.m. , so that at each datapoint there were 1980 ( 11 hours x 60 minutes x 3 ) observations of activity for each individual . |
| 4 | However , whereas years of training and practice were usually needed to master the many and complex skills of recombinant DNA technology , the complete beginner can start to perform polymerase chain reaction experiments and generate meaningful results within a few days at most — hence the explosion of activity . |
| 5 | We have ten videos and ten bright pink Stepping Out bags as prizes in a 7 Days Plus competition . |
| 6 | 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 . |