Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] for a few days " in BNC.

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1 In some cases , this needs to be relieved by placing a drain ( catheter ) in the bladder for a few days .
2 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 .
3 This means placing the plant material in a base of oil or fat and leaving the mixture in the sun for a few days .
4 Periodically Utrillo was allowed out of the asylum for a few days and occasionally he escaped .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 ‘ If I do n't go on the mat for a few days , I get withdrawal symptoms , ’ he confesses .
8 If you ca n't see through the glass because of condensation , remove the lid for a few days .
9 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 .
10 ‘ You do n't mind looking after the place for a few days , do you ? ’
11 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 .
12 ‘ I think relations were strained to the limit for a few days .
13 He came up on the train for a few days , very nervous , wearing his best suit .
14 She goes off to the city for a few days , but then she is back .
15 When Ashley Mountney work was slack , he could be released to help on the farm for a few days sheep shearing again .
16 Sometimes I would go on the wagon for a few days then have a binge .
17 ‘ Yes , Philippe thought I should be kept out of the way for a few days … ’
18 After running the filter for a few days , stock with just a couple of fish to begin with , and gradually build up to full stocking .
19 One day before we had moved up there I was at the melin for a few days with an actress friend from London when I announced my attendance at a jumble sale that afternoon .
20 After fertilization has taken place , the zygote is cultured in the laboratory for a few days and the proembryo is then placed in the woman 's uterus .
21 Take my advice , get out the house for a few days . ’
22 Although the females ' ranges are smaller than those of individual males they overlap those of several of them and may therefore turn up in more than one male community ; females in oestrus range widely , consorting with a male for a few days .
23 It 's a full-time job ; in fact I 've just spent my leave there simply to give them a break for a few days . ’
24 Afterwards I have a rest for a few days or go swimming ’
25 But this means that the soil for seed-sowing can be done simply by covering a patch for a few days with a sheet of polythene anchored by bricks or stones — in the absence , of course , of cloches .
26 They want a haven for a few days to talk to some neutral listener while they conquer an impending sense of ‘ going round the bend ’ .
27 ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’
28 Year to year there are variations ; summer may start two weeks late , or two weeks early , or tentatively … and once or twice a year the weather goes into a sulk for a few days and refuses to co-operate with us .
29 During a shift when the men considered that very little was happening , they responded to calls concerning a house fire and an attempted break-in , calls to check on the whereabouts of a pensioner who had not been seen by a neighbour for a few days , a request to pick up and transport a prisoner , and a call to move on some youths .
30 And I 'm trying to get it through your arrogant skull that I 'm not in the market for a casual roll in the hay just because we happen to be sharing a villa for a few days ! ’
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