Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] a [adj] days " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mother had been taken ill suddenly and at once removed to hospital , where she died within a few days . |
| 2 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 3 | When this came to light we insisted for a few days that employees should seek permission to leave the company premises . |
| 4 | We stayed for a few days in Paris on the way home , and Elizabeth wrote to me at our hotel . |
| 5 | Laser projectors could beam whole programmes into the mind , where the programmes became like your own lived memories , though they faded in a few days . |
| 6 | It rained for a few days after that shake of early March . |
| 7 | Although he made a huge bonfire of his papers and correspondence in 1916 , and kept it going for a few days , Edward preserved all her letters along with his notebooks . |
| 8 | He left after a few days as I said . |